SCSI Help

1998-04-17 Thread Jeff Waters
Ok, so now I am about ready to toss this computer out the window. I have a Compaq Elite 4.75 in a Smart Station. The Smart Station has an AHA-151x/152x compatable card, I have 1 plextor 4 plex plus and 1 HP surestore 4020i connected to the bus. I can not get the install to see the cd-rom's. I

SUMMARY: 'Quicken' for Linux answers

1998-04-17 Thread Jim Meyer
Many thanks for all the answers; it turns out that the best source of starting points/information, is the GnuCash project's webpage ; under the links area, you'll find direction to most of the existing financial/checkbook software for UNIX systems. Particularly of interest

mgetty problem solved

1998-04-17 Thread Paul Breedlove
I posted a message here yesterday, about a problem with the computer locking up after a win95 PPP connect was dropped. I found the problem was being caused by the "login" option for pppd. Removing this cause the problem to go away. I don't know why it caused the problem, but removing it fixed it.

other umsdos woes (file ownership)

1998-04-17 Thread The Darkness Within
Hi - Assuming I mount my umsdos partition from a rc.local file and chown all of my user directories living on it to those users - any new file that a user creates there are created owned by root! Does anybody know a way around this that won't compromise intra-site security? thanks --darkness

Never Mind! [was]Re: LI and New Maxtor 4.3G

1998-04-17 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
Sorry folks, answered my own post! Didn't /sbin/lilo and let my boot floppy know about the "good stuff" with the new drive. Sorry to bother, Rick On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Rick L. Mantooth wrote: > Hi all, > Been awhile (day or 2) since seeing LI on the list. > -- Rick L. Mantooth[EMAIL

Redhat and Nt?

1998-04-17 Thread Brent Maney
Hello all, I was looking for some info and have not found it yet. I have a P6 with an Adaptec 2940 UW. I have Nt server on the first SCSI drive which is a 9.1 Gb. The disk is divided up into 6 different partitions all NTFS. I also have a 4.5 gb SCsi drive on Id 2 that i was planning to put

Re: egcs and g++ co-existence (was Re: g77)

1998-04-17 Thread Eze Ogwuma
"D. Michael McFarland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eze Ogwuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >You could download the egcs distribution from /pub/home/gafton/egcs/ > >on the RH site. This version will co-exist with gcc supplied with RH > >5.0 and it includes g77. > > I think I've done this, i

automounting umsdos partition?

1998-04-17 Thread The Darkness Within
Hi - Just installed RH 5.0. I've been trying to share a smallish disk between RH and Windows95. The linux partition is linux-native and the windows is FAT16. I want the FAT16 partition to be mounted at bootup in umsdos mode, so that I can actually *use* it. However, mount gives this complaint

How/what parameters to pass to the kernel

1998-04-17 Thread Trenton D. Adams
I know I seen a FAQ, or HOWTO on what parameters the kernel will accept. I don't know where it is anymore though. Can someone please help me? Trenton D. Adams.vcf

RE: (no subject)

1998-04-17 Thread Trenton D. Adams
You have to make sure you have the full kernel source, and you have to be in the /usr/src/linux directory before typing those commands. > -Original Message- > From: Miro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: April 17, 1998 7:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (no subject) > > > > hello

RE: Changing the boot default

1998-04-17 Thread Trenton D. Adams
Oh, I forgot one thing. I was going to mention it before, but I had to check to make sure I was right. You should also have "prompt" at the start of the lilo.conf file. This causes lilo to display an input prompt for the label name. If you don't have this, and you don't have a timeout, then yo

egcs and g++ co-existence (was Re: g77)

1998-04-17 Thread D. Michael McFarland
Eze Ogwuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You could download the egcs distribution from /pub/home/gafton/egcs/ >on the RH site. This version will co-exist with gcc supplied with RH >5.0 and it includes g77. I think I've done this, installing everything in the referenced directory, but I'm having t

RE: Changing the boot default

1998-04-17 Thread Trenton D. Adams
Do this. lilo -D label. > -Original Message- > From: ISA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: April 17, 1998 10:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Changing the boot default > > > Hi there! > > Ok guys this is what I got: > > The history: > I installed Linux on my second IDE and l

No Subject

1998-04-17 Thread average
gday I have installed Afterstep (latest version) (on to an acer extensia 390 32mg ram). prior to the install i was running Metro X. As I was installing logged in as root the install went in perfectly, but when logged in under a user account and start my xserver Metro X starts not Afterstep how c

Re: SECURITY: Kernel updates

1998-04-17 Thread David E. Fox
> > I have downloaded kernel-2.0.32-3.i386.rpm. > > When I enter rpm -q kernel I get this response: > > kernel 2.0.31-7 > kernel 2.0.32-2 You probably can erase the older kernel rpm. > When I enter rpm -Uvh kernel-2.0.32-3.i386.rpm as instructed, I get > the following message: > > failed dep

Re: Update from 4.2 to 5.0

1998-04-17 Thread Differential Form
Can you let me know if you get an answer to this. I'd like to do this too, since I don't have the time to fool around and upgrade the distribution, but I'd like to use the glibc as a development library. -- Martin Imrisek "I

RE: 64MB Ram

1998-04-17 Thread ISA
As far as I know, either the system will recognize it or you just have to type at the LILO prompt: e.g LILO Boot: Linux RAM=64 There are other ways though so wait for more answers on this! Ivan N Instituto Superior de Arte [EMAIL PROTECTED] BEGIN:VCARD N:;Ivan;N Paz FN:Ivan N Paz ORG:ISA;Co

Re: 64MB Ram

1998-04-17 Thread Chris Frost
I assume you know what you need to hardware wise (if not I could still help :-)...but other than that you should be just fine! You'll boot up and everything will work. If you have more than 64mb's of ram, you have to tell linux, but that's only *if* you have more than 64. Chris <- Visit Me At htt

Re: Changing the boot default

1998-04-17 Thread Chris Frost
Edit /etc/lilo.conf with whatever editor you like (vi, emacs, etc) and put the win95 lines at the top. Whatever is at the top is selected as the default. Chris <- Visit Me At http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost -> <-- For My Public PGP Key Visit http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost/pgp_key.txt --> --

RE: recovering a Linux partition

1998-04-17 Thread ISA
>I had this problem until I ran a disk utility that was included with the >hard disk. I had never run it before and Win95 worked so I assumed it was >unnecessary. After a week of getting all the way through the installation >only to be unable to install LILO, I ran the utility and the next >instal

64MB Ram

1998-04-17 Thread Bunting
Hi, currently I have 32megs of RAM and I would like to upgrade to 64megs. Is there anything I should know or do before I put in the new chips. Thanks Chris -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-

Changing the boot default

1998-04-17 Thread ISA
Hi there! Ok guys this is what I got: The history: I installed Linux on my second IDE and let the installation olace de bootstrap loader (aka LILO) reside in my MBR on IDE 1 The Facts I share my computer with my brother and my nephews and they aren't much of a hacker, so it's quite awkward (not

(no subject)

1998-04-17 Thread Miro
hello. my problem is: when i try to run 'make config' or 'make menuconfig', it tells me that there's not make file what shall i do? -- 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: X font

1998-04-17 Thread David E. Fox
> > I have Red Hat 5.0 and I would like to change the X font. I need a > microsope just to read my mail. I did +<+> or <->. That did not > help. What mail reader do you use? I use elm, and you can try something like xterm -font 10x20 -e elm & to start up elm, instead of just elm in a regula

Re: SECURITY: Kernel updates

1998-04-17 Thread Owen Gray
I have downloaded kernel-2.0.32-3.i386.rpm. When I enter rpm -q kernel I get this response: kernel 2.0.31-7 kernel 2.0.32-2 I have both kernels on my system as a result of updating RH 5.0 earlier in accordance with the instructions in http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/kernel-upgrade-

LI and New Maxtor 4.3G

1998-04-17 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
Hi all, Been awhile (day or 2) since seeing LI on the list. PROBLEM: LI and hangs at boot. linear is installed in /etc/lilo.conf Just added a new drive (Maxtor 4.3G) Details: Award BIOS (2A5IDE19) Sees the drive ok: TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE User 4320 8930 15 65535 8929

Re: Compiling kernel from .config

1998-04-17 Thread David E. Fox
> > Hi, > I have to reconfigure kernel on several > machines, and I was wondering... > There is a file in the directory named It's best not to edit the .config program directly, but use the make config, or make xconfig, options. > Nikita. --

Re: While in shell script.

1998-04-17 Thread Antonomasia
I have trouble solving a little problem that I have. I want to write a script ( doesn't really matter which shell ), which will do some action until a key is pressed ( or some command entered like 'abort' ). At first, seemed like a simple

Re: pgp & pine

1998-04-17 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- At 15:50 4/17/98 -0400, Ulrich Czekalla wrote: >Hi, I have pine version 3.96 and pgp pgp-5.0i-3. You might try sending this to the PGP Users List . Tony -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.5.3i Comment

Re: Where's the kernel make boot made?!?!

1998-04-17 Thread David E. Fox
> It's finished now but I don't know where to look for the crazy kernel. If > you have any clues to a tired hunter please advise. > Thanks, There is an uncompressed kernel left over in /usr/src/linux. Don't use that. Look in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot for the kernel you need. Depending on ho

Re: problems compiling simple c++ program

1998-04-17 Thread David E. Fox
> That is Borland C code (cout) .. I don't know if gcc supports Borland > code?? cout is standard iostream stuff in c++. > From: Chris Cogdon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 1:26 PM > > cc -o t1 -lg++ t1.cpp Try compiling like so for c++ st

Re: Where's the kernel make boot made?!?!

1998-04-17 Thread Chris Fishwick
> make boot > > It's finished now but I don't know where to look for the crazy kernel. If > you have any clues to a tired hunter please advise. /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot (substitute the i386 for the proper architecture if you are not using and Intel platform).. Regards Chris Fishwick Tech

Re: expect / password automation

1998-04-17 Thread bsc
I apologize for not reading your original post so I don't know if this will address your problem. I too could not get autopasswd to work until I implemented a small pause in the expect script. Try adding: pause 2 after each entry of `expect "password:"'. Just yesterday I successfully setup 80 us

Re: XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread Ray Curtis
> "msd" == Michael S Dunsavage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: msd> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If I understand your question correctly, this is what you want to do: In >> the "Screen" section, put the modes in the order you want them to come >> up in; for example, this will cause 1024

FIX: SECURITY: procps updates

1998-04-17 Thread Karl R. Asseily
Just in case you 4.2 guys didn't figure it out yet, the path to the procps updates are wrong. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/procps-1.2.7-0.i386.rpm should in fact be ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/i386/procps-1.2.7-0.i386.rpm notice the 4.2 directory instead of 5.0. the same mistake a

TOTN

1998-04-17 Thread Greg Fall
If nobody noticed, NPR's Talk of the Nation, in the second half of I think its second hour today, had for its topic "Free Software". They talked to GNU founder Richard Stallman and Open-Source's Eric Raymond. Stallman was, like, holding forth. They should have the program archived and available

Re: SECURITY: procps updates

1998-04-17 Thread Cristian Gafton
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Greg Cornell wrote: > nebo:~# rpm -Uvh > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/procps-1.2.7-1.i386.rpm > Retrieving ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/procps-1.2.7-1.i386.rpm > failed dependencies: > libproc.so.1.2 is needed by procps-X11-1.2.4-1 First do: rpm -e

Re: RAID and Redhat

1998-04-17 Thread Drachen
growl. sorry about that...the person who decided that the send and cancel keys in pine next to eachother had a cruel sense of humour :) Vinnie On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Drachen wrote: > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:17:00 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drachen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: SECURITY: procps updates

1998-04-17 Thread Greg Cornell
Hello, I'm new to RPM and am having trouble with this update. Here's the message I get. nebo:~# rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/procps-1.2.7-1.i386.rpm Retrieving ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/procps-1.2.7-1.i386.rpm failed dependencies: libproc.so.1.2 is needed b

Got Netatalk Working for RH 5.0!

1998-04-17 Thread Eric Wood
I finally got Netatalk working under RH 5.0. FYI: 1. Get the source: ftp://terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu/unix/netatalk/netatalk-1.4b2.tar.gz 2. # tar xvzf netatalk-1.4b2.tar.gz 3. # cd netatalk-1.4b2 4. Get the patch: http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/patches/RH5.0.patch 5. Apply the patc

Re: RAID and Redhat

1998-04-17 Thread Drachen
please -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Epoch Internet "Connecting The World, One Business At A Time.. By Caring About A Customers Success" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spam Patrol On Sat, 18 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 02:14:35 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RAID and Redhat

1998-04-17 Thread maxie1
unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:38:58 -0400 Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hi everyone. I've looked all over the place for how to do this..can't >find >out how. >I'm sure its pretty simple though. > >I have 2 Quantum 4 gig scsi and a buslogic flashpoint scsi controller >

Re: XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread maxie1
unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 17 Apr 1998 15:50:01 -0400 Karl Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hello again, all > Well, yesterday's fix to the set my X desktop has definitely >helped. >Now changing the resolution with the C-M-+ works, but the default >viewing >area is still

Re: XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread maxie1
unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:03:09 -0700 (PDT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hi, > >If I understand your question correctly, this is what you want to do: >In >the "Screen" section, put the modes in the order you want them to come >up in; for example, this will cause 1024x76

Re: Where's the kernel make boot made?!?!

1998-04-17 Thread Rich Burroughs
I've never actually done "make boot" -- I do "make zImage". When I do, my kernel ends up in: /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot I'd guess yours is going to the same place. Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Cory T. Lamb wrote: > Hello All, > I'm trying to recompile the kernel. Thi

Boot disk problem

1998-04-17 Thread Trenton D. Adams
I made a lilo boot disk. The boot disk works fine. However, when I try to insert the root disk, and load it into ram, it runs the drive, then just freezes there. Has anybody had this problem? If so, how did you fix it? Trenton D. Adams.vcf

Re: security measures

1998-04-17 Thread Rich Burroughs
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Brian wrote: > > TCP wrappers > > Do a 'man tcpd' > > Simple but yet oh-so-important security measure. Well, those are going to come installed with RedHat Linux, at least, but you'll definitely want to set up the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files that go with them. In addit

Hello Crt1.o

1998-04-17 Thread Janwillem Borleffs
Goodday! Like many others I want to start my c-programming with the well known "hello.c". I have typed the program using vi and so far so good. But I want to compile it by using the gcc command. When I do this I get an error "Can't find Crt1.o" and that's it. I have the c-lib package installed but

Re: SECURITY: procps updates

1998-04-17 Thread jb
michael, fyi; RedHat 5.0 is failing due to dependencies. see the following: /home/jb/rpm.updates>rpm -U procps-1_2_7-1_i386.rpm procps-X11-1_2_7-1_i386.rpm failed dependencies: libbfd-2.8.1.0.29.so.0 is needed by procps-1.2.7-1 /home/jb/rpm.updates>rpm -qi libbfd package libbfd is not

Re: Ne1 got Netatalk working with RH 5.0?

1998-04-17 Thread Erich Eyler
At 4:24 PM -0400 4/17/98, Eric Wood wrote: >Unfortunately, I don't know how to make my RH 5.0 system _use_ shadow >passwords. It'll probably break samba if I do. > To enable shadow passwords, issue the following command as root: pwconv5 -Erich

$LD_LIBRARY_PATH?

1998-04-17 Thread Michael Jinks
>From the archives, I found what might be a solution to the glibc-never-compiles problem. Maybe. The problem I'm having is that source code from RH5 won't compile on an RH5 box; it always terminates with such-and-such .h file not found (even though I have copies all over my machine). Where does

Re: Ne1 got Netatalk working with RH 5.0?

1998-04-17 Thread Eric Wood
Joseph Abrahamson wrote: > In order to enable shadow passwords move -DSHADOWPW to the left of the > # sign. Remember to move the - sign as well as the word. Then save. > Exit the editor. While in the afpd directory type Thank You Joseph! I got the source and Redhat 5.0 patch from: http://thehamp

Re: XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread dkc
Oops, make changes in /etc/X11/XF86Config under redhat - other versions of linux put the file in different places but I've never seen it named anything else. Deke On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > If I understand your question correc

X: stuck in 320x200 'builtin mode'

1998-04-17 Thread M.
I'm running RH 5.0, on a P60 with a Cirrus Logic video card (2MB) and a generic SVGA monitor. When I 'startx' I always end up in 320x200 mode. I get the following output from the server when it starts: (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" (**) SVGA: Montior ID: "Primary Monitor" (--) SV

Re: XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > If I understand your question correctly, this is what you want to do: In > the "Screen" section, put the modes in the order you want them to come > up in; for example, this will cause 1024x768 to be the default, with the > other two available by C-M-+: > >

RE: XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread Karl Miller
Ahh!!! I'll give that a shot...can't hurt at least. B-) Thanks, Deke! Karl > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 17, 1998 2:03 PM > To: Red Hat List > Subject: Re: XWindows Display Size > > Hi, > > If I understand your q

Re: XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread dkc
Hi, If I understand your question correctly, this is what you want to do: In the "Screen" section, put the modes in the order you want them to come up in; for example, this will cause 1024x768 to be the default, with the other two available by C-M-+: Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x48

XWindows Display Size

1998-04-17 Thread Karl Miller
Hello again, all Well, yesterday's fix to the set my X desktop has definitely helped. Now changing the resolution with the C-M-+ works, but the default viewing area is still coming up at 640x480. Where can I set that to come up always as 1280x1024 like the desk? BTW, I've got to ad

pgp & pine

1998-04-17 Thread Ulrich Czekalla
Hi, I have pine version 3.96 and pgp pgp-5.0i-3. I have been trying to confiure pine filters to work with pgp. Pgp works fine on its own from the command line. I set the following options in pine; display-filters = _BEGINNING("-BEGIN PGP")_ /usr/bin/pgpv +OutputInformationFD=1 sendi

Where's the kernel make boot made?!?!

1998-04-17 Thread Cory T. Lamb
Hello All, I'm trying to recompile the kernel. This is what I input: cd /usr/src/linux make dep make clean make boot It's finished now but I don't know where to look for the crazy kernel. If you have any clues to a tired hunter please advise. Thanks, Cory ~~

Re: Setting color of root window in X

1998-04-17 Thread Ron Golan
Thanks Curtis. My change in /etc/X11/Anotherlevel/decors/Fvwm95 file did the trick. Where does this file get called from? Ron Golan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ray Curtis wrote: > > "rg" == Ron Golan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > rg> I'm using RHL 5.0 and XFree86. The default

Re: RAID and Redhat

1998-04-17 Thread adam
On 17 Apr, Matt wrote: > So my question is how do I get RAID working? I'm not sure about Hardware raid, but to get Software raid working, check out the following link (which includes lots of other resource links): http://amelia.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/mini/Software-RAID-1.html

RAID and Redhat

1998-04-17 Thread Matt
Hi everyone. I've looked all over the place for how to do this..can't find out how. I'm sure its pretty simple though. I have 2 Quantum 4 gig scsi and a buslogic flashpoint scsi controller that supports RAID levels 1-3. I configured the adapter for RAID and other OS's treat the 2 drives as one.

Re: startx

1998-04-17 Thread hUnTeR
Good day all, I would like to know if someone would be kind enough to send me a fresh copy of the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx file. Apparently, when i installed AccelX41 it "broke" this file, and when i run startx it dumps core for some reason. And of course the AcceleratedX did not back up the file FI

Re: Ne1 got Netatalk working with RH 5.0?

1998-04-17 Thread Joseph Abrahamson
Eric, You dont need samba for the mac connectivity. Netatalk works fine. You may have a problem with the program called afpd. That is the authorization program. I will assume you are using version 1.4b2. Redhat uses shadowed passwords, and most netatalk distributions are not preconfigured to use

sndconfig+SB

1998-04-17 Thread George
I've been , for the past two days, trying to configure my recently purchased Sound Blaster awe64 gold, but I am startin' to pull my hair on this. I tried to use " sndconfig" but it keeps dumping cores all over the place. I also tried " sndconfig --noprobe, however, it seems to me that I always fa

Security hole in CVS 1.9 when using pserver method

1998-04-17 Thread Fred Leeflang
I was just reading on http://www.cyclic.com/cyclic-pages/news9706.html that CVS 1.9 has a security hole. Redhat might want to consider updating to version 1.9.10. I checked the updates dir on redhat's ftp site and there wasn't any update available. From the webpage: --- If the machine running

common compile failure

1998-04-17 Thread Michael Jinks
I know I've seen this before but I don't remember the fix -- when I try to compile something that predates the upgrade to glibc, it can't find stdio.h or any of about half a dozen other very basic libraries. In this case, I'm trying to compile gcc (gcc-2.7.2.3-8) and getting: ... In file includ

Re: security measures

1998-04-17 Thread Brian
> > Are there any other programs besides PGP and ssh that I should install > before pulling my Linux box onto the internet? > TCP wrappers Do a 'man tcpd' Simple but yet oh-so-important security measure. Good Luck!! -- Brian Eith

Re: security measures

1998-04-17 Thread Drachen
when it comes to security, it's what you should *not* install and what you should uninstall...I'd suggest disabling all the services you don't need, and following a good mailing list (bugtraq comes to mind) to keep an eye on the services you do need. Check out their archives too (I seem to remembe

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #116

1998-04-17 Thread Jeff Corwin
> Is it possible to make netscape mail remember your password, I'm getting > tired of typing my password every time I want to get E-Mail Go to Netscape preferences under the edit menu. Expand "Mail & Groups", then go to "Mail Server". Click on "More Options", then check "Remember my mail passwor

security measures

1998-04-17 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
Are there any other programs besides PGP and ssh that I should install before pulling my Linux box onto the internet? --- If a sound is made in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, does a tree fall down? --

ghostscript -- setup

1998-04-17 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
How do i go about setting up ghostscript so I can print with an Epson Stylus 500 from concoles AND Xfree86? Thanx, -- Michael S. Dunsavage --- http://south.bestsites.net/~dunny/index.htm http://www.geocities.com/area51/zone/6305 -- PLEAS

Re: Intellimouse and Redhat 5

1998-04-17 Thread Ed Jaeger
If you installed from the CD and never updated anything you will have 3.3.1, but to check just do: rpm -qv XFree86 and you'll get the version. You'll need to get 3.3.2 via ftp - do you have ftp access?? If so, get the appropriate .rpm files from ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/r

Re: directory recursing script needed

1998-04-17 Thread Kevin W. Reed
Told to us by Craig Kattner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 04:02:51PM + > Specifically, I have large directory structure of html and need to make > some changes to the whole works in respects of colors and fonts. I am not > sure how I can go about making these changes in mass, bu

Re: Ne1 got Netatalk working with RH 5.0?

1998-04-17 Thread Eric Wood
hUnTeR wrote: > I do not have netatalk running, i use samba to allow the mac > access to the shared and private folders using mac's tcp/ip protocols. I > do have appletalk running on the linux box, but not really using that > protocol that i know of. Netatalk i thought was for print sharing?!?!?

Installing with partitions using System Commander

1998-04-17 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
I purchased System Commander to make my life easier . Unfortunately, things aren't always as easy as they seem in the documentation. I want the following setup on my WD Caviar 1.2 G: 30M Dos Partition (with System Commander installed) 80M Linux Swap 80M Linux root / 50M /home 100M /usr

gcc as cross-compiler

1998-04-17 Thread Michael Jinks
This has also been cross-posted to the gcc-help list; I know that's a no-no but this seems like the sort of issue that a Linux/Redhat list would be better at. I'm trying to configure gcc as a cross-compiler on a RedHat linux 5.0 machine (kernel version 2.0.32, gcc version 2.7.2.3-8, binutils vers

Re: Intellimouse and Redhat 5

1998-04-17 Thread Robert A. Lair
I must not have XFree86 3.3.2... First off all.. how do I know which I have, and second of all, how do I got about (1) obtaining the updated XFree86 and (2) how do I go about actually updating? Or must I reinstall? Thanks! Bob Lair Date forwarded: 17 Apr 1998 15:46:04 - Date sent

Re: Compiling kernel from .config

1998-04-17 Thread Jeff Johnson
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Hi, > I have to reconfigure kernel on several > machines, and I was wondering... > There is a file in the directory named > .config. It seems as tho it has all of > the previous' compile options. Can I > just edit the fi

X font

1998-04-17 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
I have Red Hat 5.0 and I would like to change the X font. I need a microsope just to read my mail. I did +<+> or <->. That did not help. how can I change this? Thanx, -- Michael S. Dunsavage --- http://south.bestsites.net/~dunny/index.htm h

While in shell script.

1998-04-17 Thread nimennor
Hi, I have trouble solving a little problem that I have. I want to write a script ( doesn't really matter which shell ), which will do some action until a key is pressed ( or some command entered like 'abort' ). At first, seemed like a si

what's the difference between these squids?

1998-04-17 Thread Jason Belich
What is the difference between these versions of squid found on RedHat's ftp site? squid-1.1.20-2.i386.rpm squid-1.2.beta19-1.i386.rpm squid-1.NOVM.20-1+netdb.i386.rpm squid-1.NOVM.20-3.i386.rpm Jason Belich -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http:

Compiling kernel from .config

1998-04-17 Thread nimennor
Hi, I have to reconfigure kernel on several machines, and I was wondering... There is a file in the directory named .config. It seems as tho it has all of the previous' compile options. Can I just edit the file, comment/uncomment some thin

trn problems

1998-04-17 Thread Linus Ã…kerlund
Hello! I'm having some problems posting to newsgroups with trn. By reading the documentation I've gotten a general picture of what needs to be done to get it to work, but I don't really know where to start. What do I have to configure to get it to work? Which programs should I use? I've read the

Re: password in netscape

1998-04-17 Thread Claire Bradford
Michael wrote: > > Hi all ! > Is it possible to make netscape mail remember your password, I'm getting > tired of typing my password every time I want to get E-Mail I am using 4.5. When it asks you to type in your password there is usually a small checkbox within that area labeled 'Remember my p

Re: Ne1 got Netatalk working with RH 5.0?

1998-04-17 Thread hUnTeR
Eric Wood wrote: > > My problem is that from the Mac, I see the Linux machine but it can't > log on. After a minute or so, the Mac times out. > > Ne1 have a remedy? > > Thanks, > -Eric Wood Eric - I have a linux server connected to a hub that is also connecting my Win95 desktop and my partne

Re: Intellimouse and Redhat 5

1998-04-17 Thread Ed Jaeger
It _is_ fully supported w/Xfree86 3.3.2 - use type "Auto". I've got one & it works. You can get the .rpms from contrib. Under 3.3.1 set it up as a regular Macrosloth mouse & just the left & right buttons will work. Ed Jaeger, CFO, Bohlender Graebener Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bg

Re: X and Oak Technology support ??

1998-04-17 Thread lucier
** Reply to note from robert goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:26:41 -0600 > > I have an OTI077 chip on the card and i believe it's got 512k of memory. > When I run configX it does not list Oak Technology in it's list of > cards. Does on my RH v5 systemI just us

Ne1 got Netatalk working with RH 5.0?

1998-04-17 Thread Eric Wood
My problem is that from the Mac, I see the Linux machine but it can't log on. After a minute or so, the Mac times out. Ne1 have a remedy? Thanks, -Eric Wood -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat

password in netscape

1998-04-17 Thread Michael
Hi all ! Is it possible to make netscape mail remember your password, I'm getting tired of typing my password every time I want to get E-Mail Thanks ! -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mai

Intellimouse and Redhat 5

1998-04-17 Thread s001ral
Hello Everyone, I just installed Linux Redhat 5. I am using Microsoft Intellimouse (Serial). My mouse doesn't work. It does show the cursor, but no movement is capable. I have seen on Redhat's site that the intellimouse IS compatible but NOT supported. I would like the following informati

Linux Galic In Logs

1998-04-17 Thread Troy D. Taylor
Well, I am having a little trouble deciphering the lanuage of this error message in my /etc/var/messages file. After receiving this message I had to reboot the server. Apr 16 04:00:02 linux kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error st09:00: sense key Unit Attention A

RE: boot problems

1998-04-17 Thread ISA
+AD4-What must I do now ? How could I enter x-windows or so ? Must I make a +AD4-custom Kernel ? How ? +AD4- type 'startx' at the Linux prompt (just where you are...) -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata

Re: Attempted Break In(?)/Log Analysis Help

1998-04-17 Thread Chris Evans
On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, William T Wilson wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Ed Jaeger wrote: > > > In llooking throgh the logs this morning on our firewall/masquerade box I > > found the following: > > Ident is harmless, but I heard unsubstantiated rumors that ident has a > remote root exploit in it.

Please help me unsubscribe

1998-04-17 Thread Juan Ramon Duarte
Hi, I have been trying to unsubscribe for some time now. Whenever I send a message with "unsubscribe" as a subject to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" all I get is something similar to the what you will find in the attached file. Sorry for posting this to the actual mailing list. Thanks, ~~

Re: Kernal compile

1998-04-17 Thread Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Jeffrey Fearn wrote: > however when I try to run lilo to recofig it it complains that the > kernel is too big. It's 998077! The original is 446281, I followed > all of the instructions in the installation guide; make xconfig, make > dep, make clean, make boot, make modules,

Re: Exiting Xwindows gracefully

1998-04-17 Thread Paul F Almquist
On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 02:07:12PM -0400, Peter L. Arnoldy wrote: > I ran xwindows by typing "xdm". It runs, unfortunately, I do not > know how to get out. If I do start/exit fvwm/yes, really exit, it > exits to the login screen, but not back to prompt. How to I get to > prompt, so that I can safe

Re: Linux Servers

1998-04-17 Thread Tom Diehl
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Tom Browder wrote: > Is there any way to set up a Linux box (after > a normal installation) so that a video monitor, > keyboard, and mouse are no longer required? > > After a successful installation, I just > disconnected everything and rebooted > and the system hung up--I

Re: Linux Servers

1998-04-17 Thread Kelley L.
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Tom Browder wrote: > Is there any way to set up a Linux box (after > a normal installation) so that a video monitor, > keyboard, and mouse are no longer required? > > After a successful installation, I just > disconnected everything and rebooted > and the system hung up--

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