Compile Kernal Error

1998-04-22 Thread Jeffrey Fearn
When I compile my kernal I get the message: as86 command not found Any suggestions? Thanks, Jeff. Jeffrey Fearn. GWR Com Cor Australia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the

Re: Howto mount a linux partition

1998-04-22 Thread Paul F Almquist
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 06:23:30PM +, Michael wrote: > Hi > I have created a partition for use with linux, it is of type > Linux native. The problem is that I cannot mount it. > The man-page for mount says that it should be done like this: > mount -t type device dir > so I have tried several

RedHat posters

1998-04-22 Thread Henrik Edlund
I saw that nice RedHat logo from some pictures from Comdex. RedHat should print up huge posters. I am more than willing to shell out a couple of bucks to have one delivered to me in Sweden. What nice way to decorate your wall. -- Henrik Edlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.piett.com/ or https:/

Re: Log Files

1998-04-22 Thread Chuck Carson
It is always a good idea to 'pipe null' into a log file to clean it out. I do not think it would matter to these two but to others it does. To do this, issue the following command: : > This will reduce the file size to 0... CC -Original Message- From: Michael Segulja <[EMAIL PROTECT

RE: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Al Brass
Dear Tom, There's no need to buy a separate product to dual boot your system - you can use the OS Loader that comes with NT. All you need to do is to install your Linux system with lilo in the boot record of the partition on which the Linux root file system resides (rather than the master boot

Re: Log Files

1998-04-22 Thread RTS
my default crontab file had examples on trimming file sizes. Personally we zip up the files at the end of each month and stop the syslog program and then restart it. Randy At 07:54 AM 4/22/98 -0500, you wrote: >I just noticed that my log files are getting pretty large. The >/var/log/message

root partition not mounted?!

1998-04-22 Thread Thomas Hubbell
I posted this the other day and got no replies. I'll try again . . . I am not quite sure what is going on but something disturbing happened when I was trying to read mail in Communicator 4.04. The first message seemed to transfer, then it killed on me. I tried to retrieve mail a couple of more ti

Re: xanim, .avi?

1998-04-22 Thread Vidiot
>I am trying to run a .avi file using xanim. The problem is that when i >do xanim filename.avi i get the following response: >I know that the .avi file is good because i can run it up a school unsing >their computers >blake > >AVI Video Codec: Intel Indeo R3.2 is unsupported by this executable.

Re: The search for 2A59Ht5BC-00

1998-04-22 Thread Richard Belanger
I believe that, if the issue of compatibility with linux of the diverse hardware available on the market were more publicized, if a profile of the people most prone to consider using linux were made, then the linux-hardware compatibility issue would probably fall into receptive ears and these peop

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Cam Vetter
> >I really need some utility to repartition the drive nondestructively before >I can even consider using some type of boot manager. > > Does anyone know if Partition Magic works with NT? I was looking around on >the web and couldn't find anything conclusive on this. > Partition Magic 3 comes with

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Craig Bull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22 Apr 98, at 19:43, Thomas Hubbell wrote: > Does anyone know if Partition Magic works with NT? I was looking around > on > the web and couldn't find anything conclusive on this. It does. I used it to mess with some partitions on my system. T

Log Files

1998-04-22 Thread Michael Segulja
I just noticed that my log files are getting pretty large. The /var/log/messages is 7MB and one called /var/log/cron is about 11MB. Is there a way that I can clear these? I supposed just deleting them would be a bad idea. Thanks for any advice, Michael Segulja [EMAIL PROTECTED] application/

Re: AMD K6

1998-04-22 Thread Jon Rowell
I have a k6-200 running slackware. It always exceeds my expectations of how well it will run. It's better than any intel chip I've tried. (I haven't tried pentium II though...) Jon Rowell On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Lin wrote: > On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Anybody have any

The search for 2A59Ht5BC-00

1998-04-22 Thread Moore Brett
[was Install troubles & Cyrix..apols list, deleted orig] Having had my interest rekindled in this board, I again went looking for it. To the guy (??) who originally posted on this, email me direct and we may continue it off_list (because it will stretch off-topic). To save

RE: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Gary Neff
absolutely just don't let linux write to your mbr put it on the partition instead. -Original Message- From: Eric Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 10:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Thomas Hubbell Subject: Re: Dual boot NT and linux? Thomas Hubbell <[EMAIL

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Eric Smith
Thomas Hubbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Will something like System Commander make the dual-boot Linux/NT ordeal any > easier? PowerBoot will make it easier, and at $25 is less expensive than System Commander. http://www.blueskyinnovations.com/ Cheers, Eric -- PLEASE read the Red Hat F

/ filesystem almost full-(LONG)

1998-04-22 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
Hi all, I have a / filesystem that is getting *really* close to full and I cannot find the culprit/problem. I've gone to single user mode a couple of times and umounted all filesystems to look for "gremlins" under the mount points and all is clean. fsck'd OK. Upgraded fileutils.rpm just in cas

Minimum files required for Red Hat 5 compilation

1998-04-22 Thread Richard Belanger
I 'd like to know what are the minimum files necessary for the compilation of Red Hat 5. The kernel, gcc, others? _ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http:

xanim, .avi?

1998-04-22 Thread Blake Thornton
I am trying to run a .avi file using xanim. The problem is that when i do xanim filename.avi i get the following response: I know that the .avi file is good because i can run it up a school unsing their computers any ideas?? thanks for the help blake XAnim Rev 2.70.6.4 by Mark Podlipec (c) 1

Off topic? Firewall passing UDP

1998-04-22 Thread Doug Roberts
Hi all - I apologize for what is a pretty off-topic post. Although it does involve RH Linux... I've just been asked to allow UDP through the (RH Linux) firewall, and would like opinions on the safety of doing so. A summary of possible compromises to the NT/Win95 network behind the firewall is wh

Re: USAF C2 shifting from UNIX to NT

1998-04-22 Thread Dave Ihnat
Bruce Tong wrote: > If the USAF is adopting Windows NT, then we might as well start the party > now. From my experience, when the USAF adopts "new" technology, that > technology tends to die in the rest of the world. Uh...that means, at some time in the past, the USAF adopted Unix as "new" techn

Re: Moving /usr directory?

1998-04-22 Thread Dave Ihnat
Ed Ewing wrote: > Is there a way to move the directory intact or do the links need to be > recreated? You'll get a lot of tar solutions; another is (assuming the destination is /usrnew): cd /usr find . -print | cpio -pdmv /usrnew The only changes I might suggest are to leave of

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Thomas Hubbell
>I tried installing System Commander on my system with just NT on it and >SC totally bombed. I get the impression SC is actually a 16-bit DOS >application. I did a little research. Even the newest versions of SC are DOS/Win95 only. OK, Plan B. . . >Assume you are going to have just NT and RH

Re: Something using too much memory?

1998-04-22 Thread Brian Eith
> A top gives me this: > > Mem: 127916K av, 12160K Used , 3316K free, 58836K shrd, 47176K buff > Swap:68508K av, 128K used, 68380K free 47472Kfree > Linux uses as much of your memory it can get its hands on (ie disk caching). Unused memory is wasted memory. Nothing to worry about; this is a

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-22 Thread Norma Thompson
This is slightly to the left of the subject but---What were the "growable" partitions all about when I set up my partitions in Disk Druid, RH5.0? -Original Message- >> >>From: -kLicK >>ICQ UIN - # 2101942 >> >> How would I go about changing my / partition size? snip >> >From: Ian Burre

Something using too much memory?

1998-04-22 Thread Mark Rogers
Howdy, I've got a machine here with 128Mb Memory in it. It seems to be using WAY too much RAM. The machine runs a name server (BIND 8), a few FTP process', PPP dialin. Some mail.. A top gives me this: Mem: 127916K av, 12160K Used , 3316K free, 58836K shrd, 47176K buff Swap:68508K av, 128K used

Linux vs. NT/Novell

1998-04-22 Thread Keith von Borstel
Hi, Has anyone compared performance of Linux, RH 5.0, with NT server 4.0 or Novell 4.x? Since Linux is the least expensive and most stable of the three why is it not used as the file server for DOS and Win 95 computers? Is there a reason besides that many people don't know Linux? thanks, Keit

Re: ./configure compiling WindowMaker .63 in Redhat 5.0

1998-04-22 Thread Paul Fontenot
You are going to need the xpm-3.4j-1.i386.rpm and the xpm-development-3.4j-1.i386.rpm. I'm running Windowmaker-0.14-1. Compiled from src, slick as can be. Any questions about Windowmaker just ask. -Paul On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Mccorkle Joe wrote: > I'm still having problems with ./configu

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Craig Bull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22 Apr 98, at 13:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I might be wrong on this but... > > I tried installing System Commander on my system with just NT on it and SC > totally bombed. I get the impression SC is actually a 16-bit DOS > application. Any

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #150

1998-04-22 Thread Norma Thompson
> >I have read this thread with some dismay. I am a home user, retired on a >fixed income and have just bought the RH5.0 cd. >snip >Now I find that not only is my version about to be out of date but that it >appears to be full of bugs which I need to download fixes for. Since we >have to pay for

Re: Database Conversions

1998-04-22 Thread Chris Tyler
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 Michael Jinks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is the Big Enchalada; our company was born and bred on DOS for the > past several years, and we've got the legacy in-house apps to prove it. > Specifically, we have an immense body of software written to do database > conversion

Swap Porblem

1998-04-22 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
What could be happening with the swap filesystem, because now I just can get in into Linux , after checking the filesystems and after setting de clock it just says "Enabling swap space" and that's it, then happens nothing. What could it be... I tried to check the filesystem with fsck but it doesn

Re: Setting X windows hot-key ?

1998-04-22 Thread Norma Thompson
control-alt-backspace -Original Message- From: Chris Fenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >How do I set a hot-key for Xwindows. That is a key combination like >cntrlaltdel that shuts down X ? > >Thanks >Chris Fenton > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING L

Thanks! Re: Database Conversions in Linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Michael Jinks
Many thanks to all the people who sent along suggestions for Linux-compatible database engines. I haven't actually been able to look at any of the suggested apps yet, but I was blown away by some of the apparent possibilities. This list is absolutely thick with great folk. -- PLEASE read th

ImageMap program?

1998-04-22 Thread Rick Baker
Over the past several weeks I have switched to only using redhat at work and at home, and I have been able to find everything I need to get my work done, graphics, html editing etc, without having to resort back to Windows. The one thing I haven't been able to find is a client-side imagemap creati

Re: Changing Linux ext2 partition size

1998-04-22 Thread Ian Burrell
> > How would I go about changing my / partition size? I want to take about > 300MB off my msdos partition and add it to me / partition. > The commercial software, Partition Magic, resizes partitions and is supposed to be able to resize ext2 filesystems. fdisk or FIPS can resize partitions

Re: AMD K6

1998-04-22 Thread Lin
On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anybody have any information on this processor, as far as how well it runs > under Linux? Looking to run it as a workstation, nothing fancy. amd k6-233 overclocked to ~266 on a fic pa-2012 mb. haven't had a problem. been up for months. lin alan

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Dale Leonard
>>On 22 Apr 98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> >>> Will something like System Commander make the dual-boot Linux/NT >>> ordeal any easier? Believe it or not, my machine is set to hit LILO first (with choices: windoze red hat caldera), if I choose windoze, then I am presented with the windoz

Home dirs are not being created

1998-04-22 Thread Doug Elznic
When I add users now in usercfg or with useradd everything goes fine but user dirs are not being created. It has worked for ever but for some reason has stopped lately. The user id is 1028. But I can not imagine that as a problem. There are no error messages at all and a finger user gives me an en

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #150

1998-04-22 Thread Maxwell Smart
On 22-Apr-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have read this thread with some dismay. I am a home user, retired on a > fixed income and have just bought the RH5.0 cd. My main OS is OS/2 which > I > have been using since v2.0. I need a non windross alternative OS since > IBM > are not interested in S

Re: Crash...I think.

1998-04-22 Thread Chuck Mead
On 22 Apr, Ron Golan wrote: > I installed RH5 about four weeks ago. I have worked through many of the > common configuration tasks and until last night had a system which was > working as I had wanted. This includes working PPP, mail configuration, > custom XFree86Config modelines, etc. It all wor

Re: ip-up local won't run ipfwadm

1998-04-22 Thread Jeff Johnson
According to Greg Fall: > > In my /etc/ppp/ip-up.local, I put the following, for the purposes of being > able to monitor the network throughput: > > exec /sbin/ipfwadm -A -a -S $4 -D 0/0 > exec /sbin/ipfwadm -A -a -S 0/0 -D $4 > Delete the "exec " prefix -- this will terminate the ip-up.local

ip-up local won't run ipfwadm

1998-04-22 Thread Greg Fall
In my /etc/ppp/ip-up.local, I put the following, for the purposes of being able to monitor the network throughput: exec /sbin/ipfwadm -A -a -S $4 -D 0/0 exec /sbin/ipfwadm -A -a -S 0/0 -D $4 This doesn't work, although I can do it from the command line and it works perfectly. $4 is the IP addre

Re: libc5 upgrade sources? >>On David Smith <73417.2023@compuserve.com> wrote: >> Could you please tell me exactly how to "fix" the source to make >>it glibc/POSIX compliant? The real question that I have is where >>to look for the include files?

1998-04-22 Thread 73417 . 2023
>On 24-Feb-98 Mr. Bob Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Unfortunately there is no 1 easy answer to this. The glibc include >files are in /usr/include, but exactly what changes you will need to >make depends on the problems you are having. A couple of pointers: >1) Try to elimin

Re: Help! SIOCADDRT: invalid argument >>As you can see, the ne network driver is not listed in the >>/etc/conf.modules file because it is compiled into the 2.0.32 kernel. >>Could the autoload module feature be trying to load the ne. driver twice? >haven't been following the thread so bare w/ me. >whether or not the ne nic driver is compiled into the kernel has >nothing to do w/ whether or not it appears in /etc/conf.modules. >u will usually get a message during boot saying "...autoprobing..not >recommended for single card." thus to eliminate this message, u >would pass the irq and or io address of the ne nic via /etc/conf. >modules. i.e. alias eth0 ne >options ne io=0x220 irq=10 >you can get the necessary parameters by watching boot or dmesg. >hope this helps... >lin alan >--

1998-04-22 Thread 73417 . 2023
Ok, I have added the alias line to the /etc/conf.modules file for the ne driver. So the contents of the /etc/conf.modules file are as follows: alias scsi_hostadapter qlogicisp alias eth0 ne options ne io=0x6000 irq=9 alias binfmt-332 iBCS I have shutdown -r now and rebooted Linux

Re: Another Question

1998-04-22 Thread Greg Thomas
> >>Although you can install Red Hat Linux in a single large partition > >>(subject to any of the partitioning considerations we've mentioned so > >>far), it's a much better idea to split things up a bit. We recommend the > >>following layout as a compromise between single-partition simplicity, >

Re: Another Question

1998-04-22 Thread Greg Fall
>>Although you can install Red Hat Linux in a single large partition >>(subject to any of the partitioning considerations we've mentioned so >>far), it's a much better idea to split things up a bit. We recommend the >>following layout as a compromise between single-partition simplicity, >>and mult

Re: ./configure compiling WindowMaker .63 in Redhat 5.0

1998-04-22 Thread Pete Toscano
Joe, Try Windowmaker-0.14.1. Despite the fact that 0.6.3 is called the latest "stable" version, many other people and I find that 0.14.1 is the more stable of the two. Also, I think the build is a lot easier for the newer one. Check it out and let me know if you're still having problems.

RE: Howto mount a linux partition

1998-04-22 Thread Trenton D. Adams
If it has Win95 long filenames then "mount -t vfat /dev/sdX4 /MOUNTLOCATION" or for dos "mount -t msdos /dev/sdX4 /MOUNTLOCATION", or for linux ext2 "mount /dev/sdXX /MOUNTLOCATION" depending on what your partition is. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: PPP Problem

1998-04-22 Thread Herisanu Nicolae
Thank you, I resolved my problem. I changed the init string of the modem. Strange huh? Damn clones! My 33.6k modem is RPI+ & every RPI+ had this string that activated software&hardware compression. (AT&F&C1&D2&K3+H1S95=10) Bye -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slackware Logo?

1998-04-22 Thread Jeff Ivany
Billy Bushong - Concord, NH wrote: > > I have not played for slackware for quite a while... Do they have a logo?? > You know, like Redhat has that little white guy in the Redhat... Does > slackware have one? If so, do you know where to get it? Bill: Slackware's logo is an orange platypus I thin

on a similar slant Re: colors for directories

1998-04-22 Thread Jeff Ivany
Wayne Pascoe wrote: > > add an alias to your /etc/profile file that reads as follows > alias ls='ls --color=tty' [snip] > -Original Message- > >I am using Redhat 5.0 and using tcsh as my shell. I seem to have lost the > >colors for directories and files . Can anyone help with this? [sn

Re: How can I rexec to my Linux box

1998-04-22 Thread Rich Burroughs
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Matthew Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Win95 and a Linux box. I would like to add some of the things I like to > do on linux as shortcuts or whatever to my Win95 environment. In the past I have >used rexec to do > this and I even have an rexec client on the Win95 bo

Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
>When I telnet localhost 110 on my Linux box, I got "Connection >closed by >foreign host". But it works when I telnet localhost 25. Any idea? >Thanks >Ping No POP3 service installed. Igmar -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.r

Re: USAF C2 shifting from UNIX to NT

1998-04-22 Thread Drachen
of course (and I don't remember if it was posted on bugtraq or ntbugtraq) this coincides rather interestingly with the MoD who supposedly got some of the U.S. gov's security software by hacking one of their NT boxes. I'll dig up the url and send it Vinnie -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administ

Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Rich Burroughs
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Ping Lau wrote: [snip] > I didn't mention that I have ipfwadm running & don't whether or not it has > anything to do with my problem. Well, it could prevent connections if you are filtering traffic to the POP port, but that doesn't sound like the problem. You're getting a co

Re: Another Question

1998-04-22 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
>You will have to excuse me... For the next week or so I will be >posting >questions to the list about questions that I'm unable to locate the >answer >to on the web... I'm trying to put a reliable web page up, and I want to >make sure my Info is correct. >Anyway... >The Redhat book says the foll

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #148

1998-04-22 Thread Matt Housh
Long name extensions. --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa "Pardon me, stewardess. I speak Jive." On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Iztok Polanic

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Joe Tseng
>On 22 Apr 98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> Will something like System Commander make the dual-boot Linux/NT >> ordeal any easier? >> >> We are ordering a new system that comes with NT. I would like to >> install Linux on the system when it arrives. I know that I will need >> to repartition the d

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #150

1998-04-22 Thread jayell
>Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:05:59 -0400 (EDT) >From: Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: RedHat 5.1 rumours? >> > I think the next version will promote the following: >> > >> >- Stable and integrated desktop, like GNOME >> >- Much-improved graphical admini

Attaching large files to mailing list posts (was Re: Internet via RH 5.0)

1998-04-22 Thread hartr
On 21 Apr, Herisanu Nicolae wrote: > I recently discovered how to configure PPP. > (today) > > Attached you have some files in gif format and a html doc > that says all about PPP. > > I hope you'll manage. > > P.S. I have sent you a *.zip file. This message is written from WinSucks. > I didn't

Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- At 14:56 4/22/98 -0600, Ping Lau wrote: >Then I ran which tcpd & got /usr/sbin/tcpd Run: which ipop3d I think you'll find it does not exist. "ipop3d" is the POP3 service installed by the imap*.rpm included with RH5. It's bigger and slower than qpopper, but it

RE: XFree86 or MetroX w/ STB Velocity 128

1998-04-22 Thread John C. Flohr
As far as I know STB doesn't support Linux directly. However, their documentation suggests that Linux drivers are available from a "third-party" which I take to be the video chip maker, but I haven't checked the site personally. Check out http://www.rivazone.com and see what you think. STB s

Re: Linux Mail Server serving Win 95 clients

1998-04-22 Thread Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > At 14:24 4/22/98 -0500, Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The SMTP and POP3 servers come built-in with Linux. > > POP3 is not installed in RH5. You can install the imap*.rpm (which includes > POP3 serv

Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Ping Lau
Dear Tony Regards Ping Lau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Concord Express, Inc. MIS Department > >When I telnet localhost 110 on my Linux box, I got "Connection closed by > >foreign host". But it works when I telnet localhost 25. Any idea? > > Check /etc/services to see that port 110 has a service defin

Re: Slackware Logo?

1998-04-22 Thread Alexei Nefediev
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Billy Bushong - Concord, NH wrote: > I have not played for slackware for quite a while... Do they have a logo?? > You know, like Redhat has that little white guy in the Redhat... Does > slackware have one? If so, do you know where to get it? > > Thanks... > > Bill Bushong

StarOffice menus

1998-04-22 Thread Marco Shaw
I did a complete install of StarOffice 4.0. When I open the 'file' menu, and try clicking on 'new', I don't have any other menu show up, although the little arrow at the end of 'new' seems to indicated that some more options should be there? Any ideas? Marco -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ

Re: Memory errors. Please help me! Ohh yeah.

1998-04-22 Thread Mark Rogers
Dave Wreski wrote: > If I understand your problem correctly, and you are running a 66mhz bus at > 75mhz, please don't bother to report a problem when your intentially doing > something your not supposed to do. Ohh come on that's a bit harsh. I've run my machine with the same DIMM at 75 for mon

Re: Linux Mail Server serving Win 95 clients

1998-04-22 Thread Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Ping Lau wrote: > I am new to Linux. I have managed to set up Samba & IP Masq on my Linux > box. Now I am trying to setup the Linux box as mail server. I have 10 > email accounts with a local ISP. What I want to acheive is to have my > Linux box dial my ISP & login to each

HELP: Error on Boot

1998-04-22 Thread Joseph Purvis
Hiya. I'm doing some consulting work for a company whose server I built, but am no longer directly maintaining. When I boot this RedHat 4.1 server, it runs the usual boot routine and then, when trying to mount root, produces the error message "Unable to initialize additional console"

How can I rexec to my Linux box

1998-04-22 Thread Matthew Smith
Hi all, I have a Win95 and a Linux box. I would like to add some of the things I like to do on linux as shortcuts or whatever to my Win95 environment. In the past I have used rexec to do this and I even have an rexec client on the Win95 box. However, when I rexec to my linux box, it just ha

Job Opening

1998-04-22 Thread Kit Cosper
LHS Technical Position --- Linux Hardware Solutions is seeking qualified applicants for openings in our manufacturing/integration department. If you are self-motivated, resourceful, talented, and want to work in an environment filled with fellow Linux enthusiasts, then w

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #148

1998-04-22 Thread Iztok Polanic
Hy !!! On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Matt Housh wrote: > There is a fat32 patch for linux at > http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fat32.html. This also > includes a patch to support the MS Joliet fs and iso9660 extensions. > ^^

Re: Moving /usr directory?

1998-04-22 Thread Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Leung Yau Wai wrote: > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Matt Housh wrote: > > cp -a (equivalent to cp -dpR, iirc) should preserve links, but if > > it doesn't work, (cd /source;tar cf - ./)|(cd /dest;tar xvf -) might do as > > well. > But > (cd /source;tar cf - ./)|(cd /de

CVS 1.9.16 rpm

1998-04-22 Thread Karl Miller
Hello, List! I'm making progress here. I got the CD to mount correctly and pulled the CVS 1.9.1 RPM off it and installed it with the Xwin package manager. My problem is the fact that it's a buggy ver of CVS. I've d/l'd the 1.9.16 ver of it and removed the 1.9.1...BUT the 1.9.16 won't in

Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- At 12:06 4/22/98 -0600, Ping Lau wrote: > >When I telnet localhost 110 on my Linux box, I got "Connection closed by >foreign host". But it works when I telnet localhost 25. Any idea? Check /etc/services to see that port 110 has a service defined (pop-3). Then

Problem with Sound Blaster 16 PnP

1998-04-22 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
when I run sndconfig, it recognises my sound board, and even plays the sample correctly; however, when I crank up doom, it hangs, so that even ctrlaltdelete doesn't work, and when I crank up netscape, the MIDIs that automatically played under Win95 do not play at all under Linux. Any advice is a

Re: Howto mount a linux partition

1998-04-22 Thread Billy Bushong - Concord, NH
-Original Message- From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 14:21 PM Subject: Howto mount a linux partition >Hi Hi! >mount -t 82 /dev/hda4 /mnt you should just be able to do: "mount /dev/hda4 /mnt" if the partition i

Re: __register_frame_info undefined

1998-04-22 Thread Ben Woodard
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 07:26:21PM -0600: > > ./fetchmail: error in loading shared libraries > > : undefined symbol: __register_frame_info > > [...] > > In looking around the net, I have found that at least three other > > people have the same problem that I have but no on

Howto mount a linux partition

1998-04-22 Thread Michael
Hi I have created a partition for use with linux, it is of type Linux native. The problem is that I cannot mount it. The man-page for mount says that it should be done like this: mount -t type device dir so I have tried several variations of this ig. mount -t 82 /dev/hda4 /mnt but I just get an

Slackware Logo?

1998-04-22 Thread Billy Bushong - Concord, NH
I have not played for slackware for quite a while... Do they have a logo?? You know, like Redhat has that little white guy in the Redhat... Does slackware have one? If so, do you know where to get it? Thanks... Bill Bushong - Concord, NH --

Re: USAF C2 shifting from UNIX to NT

1998-04-22 Thread Deryk Barker
Once upon a time Bruce Tong wrote: > > > MICROSOFT CORP and three industry leaders announced the signing of an > > unprecedented agreement with the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center > > (ESC) to begin converting military command and control (C2) applications > > from UNIX operating system

test...sorry

1998-04-22 Thread Iztok Polanic
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Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
Ping Lau wrote: > > When I telnet localhost 110 on my Linux box, I got "Connection closed by > foreign host". But it works when I telnet localhost 25. Any idea? > > Thanks > Ping > Check to make sure the pop daemon line isn't commented out of /etc/inetd.conf (The line will start with pop3, i

glibc?

1998-04-22 Thread Michael Cervantes
My introduction to Linux has been via RH5.0. However, I have heard a lot of discussion about the differences b/w 4.2 and 5.0, and how it relates to something called "glibc". I am assuming this refers to a different c library for the two different versions, but could someone give me the lowdown on

Mounting dos partition via boot/supp disk

1998-04-22 Thread Ryan Guthrie
I am trying to mount my dos partition via booting up from the boot up and supplementary disk. i get: mount failed: Invalid argument i have used: mount /dev/hda1 /dos mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /dos If it is just dos, tried that also. Anyways i tried via a floppy

Re: USAF C2 shifting from UNIX to NT

1998-04-22 Thread Bruce Tong
> MICROSOFT CORP and three industry leaders announced the signing of an > unprecedented agreement with the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center > (ESC) to begin converting military command and control (C2) applications > from UNIX operating system environments to the Microsoft Windows NT > ope

Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Bryan C. Andregg
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 12:06:31 -0600, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I telnet localhost 110 on my Linux box, I got "Connection closed by > foreign host". But it works when I telnet localhost 25. Any idea? > You don't have the pop3 package installed. -- Bryan C. Andregg *

Re: Dual boot NT and linux?

1998-04-22 Thread Craig Bull
On 22 Apr 98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Will something like System Commander make the dual-boot Linux/NT > ordeal any easier? > > We are ordering a new system that comes with NT. I would like to > install Linux on the system when it arrives. I know that I will need > to repartition the drive (on

Re: colors for directories

1998-04-22 Thread Wayne Pascoe
add an alias to your /etc/profile file that reads as follows alias ls='ls --color=tty' - Wayne Pascoe (GiT)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Some days the gene pool could really use a lifeguard ! -Original Messag

XFree86 or MetroX w/ STB Velocity 128

1998-04-22 Thread Netlink Tech
I just installed RedHat 5.0 on my new Dell XPS333MHz. I have a Dell D1028L Color Monitor (17inch). The video card is a STB Velocity 128 Multimedia Accelerator with 4MB - AGP Bus. I am trying to get xwindows working. I have tried MetroX and XFree86., neither of which has this card as a selection

Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Ping Lau
When I telnet localhost 110 on my Linux box, I got "Connection closed by foreign host". But it works when I telnet localhost 25. Any idea? Thanks Ping -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /

Re: colors for directories

1998-04-22 Thread Matt Housh
I'm not a tcsh user, but "alias ls 'ls --color'" in a login file would do you, I believe. --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa "Pardon

Re: colors for directories

1998-04-22 Thread Billy Bushong - Concord, NH
-Original Message- From: Mccorkle Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 12:48 PM Subject: colors for directories >I am using Redhat 5.0 and using tcsh as my shell. I seem to have lost the >colors for directories and files . Ca

Re: PPP With Ethernet and Modem

1998-04-22 Thread Matt Housh
Cannot dial out as in physical lack of dialtone, or cannot establish routes, or what? I have a similar setup which works fine, as long as the ppp gateway does NOT have a default route using the ethernet card. Must be the modem. If I make the ethernet card default, I can still dial of cou

Apache Again (sorry)

1998-04-22 Thread Dan Hughes
Hello (again), I now know that apache is running on the machine I am using. Apache works given an absolute Ip address on this network. When I telnet to the machine, telnet works without a problem. When I point the web browser to the network name of this machine it does not respond. It s

Re: OpenWindows for RH-5.0 ?

1998-04-22 Thread Vidiot
>I've been using thew xview rpm's from ftp.caldera.com. Not GLIBC but they >work, If you like OpenLook. Those look just like the same ones that are in the RedHat 4.2 area. MB -- System Administrator - Finnigan FT/MS - Madison WI. URL:http://www.ftms.com/ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (608) 2

colors for directories

1998-04-22 Thread Mccorkle Joe
I am using Redhat 5.0 and using tcsh as my shell. I seem to have lost the colors for directories and files . Can anyone help with this? Thanks Joseph McCorkle Offsite Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] (309) 756-1394 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http

PPP With Ethernet and Modem

1998-04-22 Thread Chuck Carson
I have a slight problem. I have a small lan that contains a mix of NT and RH machines. One of my redhat machines I use to dial up to the internet from time to time. Here is the problem: If the network device (eth0) is active, I cannot dial out using the modem. If I temporarily disable eth0, I can

Re: OpenWindows for RH-5.0 ?

1998-04-22 Thread Vidiot
> I know that Xview (OpenWindows) does not come with the RedHat-5.0 >distribution anymore, I was just wondering if anyone has succesfully >ported the Xview libraries to glibc2? And if so have they made a >tarball/rpm for it? Thanks in advance. I used the RPM that was made for 4.2 and it wo

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