Can't get Yamaha CDR400 to work. ;-(

1998-06-18 Thread Steve Frampton
Hello: I hate to ask this on this particular list (since I'm having problems under Slackware), but seeing the number of people who have been burning their own Red Hat CD's, something I am trying to accomplish myself, I thought I'd ask this question here and hope somebody has gone through a simila

Re: startx fails on rh5.0??

1998-06-18 Thread William Jackson
I had no trouble with Metro X on RH 5.0. Just disappointed that it is not there inRH 5.1. However, this is supposed to be more support for vid cards in XFree86, the newsest. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 06-18-98 07:38:13 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: S

HP CD writer under linux?

1998-06-18 Thread Eric Olsson
Hello, I'm running RH5.0 on a P100 with 64 megs ram, and I have a Hewlett Packard 7200I CD writer plus. Is it possible to use this CDR in redhat? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /

Re: no shadow !?

1998-06-18 Thread dreamwvr
Hi, You can check out the following url for a method to get red hat linux shadow file working 'http://www.dreamwvr.com/webframe.htm click the hyperlink called 'SHADOWING RED HAT' sorry but i have forgotten the exact url but this will get you there:') Reg

startx fails on rh5.0??

1998-06-18 Thread Matt
Anyone have an idea what an error 111 means when trying to launch metrox??? -Matt -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Help! Problem with shutdown.

1998-06-18 Thread Mark Brooks
I hope that somebody can help me. I was experimenting with the shutdown command on my system. I entered shutdown 14:00 and left. I came back, and my system had not shutdown at 14:00. I shutdown the system. Now, when I boot, I can only login as root, because it comes on with a message "system

Problems After Upgrading to 5.1

1998-06-18 Thread Sheng Lo
Hi, Guys, I spent the whole of last night upgrading my RH4.2 to RH5.1, and is now left with some problems that I can't solve: 1. backspace in nxterm works no more. A single hit of backspace cancel the whole line and puts the cursor at the next line! Very irritating! 2. if I use run-level 3 an

Which tools can help me undefrage my disk

1998-06-18 Thread Cui Jian
Anybody know which tools can undefrage my disk. This os my used is Slackware Linux. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Compiling KDE under RH5.1 ?

1998-06-18 Thread David E. Fox
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Joerg Mertin wrote: >I wonder if someone managed to compile any KDE Apps under RedHat 5.1 ? The >error I get is onto configure, saying my Compiler can“t link a little test >binary, and from what it does, the comfigure programm is right. Any clues >? I've successfully built a

Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Swartzbaugh, Mr. Richard A. wrote: >I want to buy a new computer through a mail-order supplier (like Gateway) >but I want no problems. I've loaded Linux before but could never get past I recommend going to VAResearch (www.varesearch.com) and getting your computer through th

rvplayer problem in RH 5.1

1998-06-18 Thread yhfung
Does anyone experience with the problem of rvplayer (realaudio player) in RH 5.1? An SB sound card was installed and passed the audio test with suitable settings. However, if the rvplayer executed a .ram or .ra sound file, it stopped playing? If you know the way to fix the problem, please help

Re: X client shutdown

1998-06-18 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
Couple of things to try: reset (No, It doesn't reset the machine) :) or stty sane Rick On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Cody Hartley wrote: > Another X question for RH5.1: > > When I exit from X using the menu exit command or ctrl-alt-backspace I > get a blank screen. Commands still function, but my

IRCD Compiling

1998-06-18 Thread hUnTeR
Evening all - Not sure if this made it to the list, appologies for the duplication, however this is of a critical need. Another set of problems/questions...not sure how many of you have compiled ircd on your rh linux boxes but i am trying to recompile ircd (ircu2.9.32) on a newly installed rhl5.0

Re: monitors: plug 'n play okay?

1998-06-18 Thread William T Wilson
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Dave Reed wrote: > excuse the question. So does this mean if you have a monitor that > says it's PnP that you can safely ignore the warning about damaging > your monitor when you set up X-Windows if you set the wrong refresh > rates. Yes. Actually if you're quick on the dr

Re: Good backup solution for two linux boxes on same ethernet.

1998-06-18 Thread Ray Curtis
> "de" == Doug Elznic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: de> Hello, de> I have two linux boxes I would like to backup over the network. One has de> he tape drive and the other has the data. They are both stock 5.0 de> (intel) boxes. NFS mount the machine that has the data onto the machine that ha

SendMail Virtual Hosts

1998-06-18 Thread RTS
I am trying to set up a virtual mail server for a client... I am having a brain beating time doing it. I have sendmail-8.8.5-4 on an older RedHat Linux system. (rpm version) I have tried several different things and nothing seems to work. Where is a good place to go for directions on virtual ma

Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Matt Housh
That makes no difference at all. If I want to put Linux on my machine, but have someone else build the hardware, that's completely unrelated. Nothing defines a *REAL* computer but opinion. Matt Jamie D wrote: > > a real; computer is one that you build, not one that someone builds for you, > and

Networking problem on 4.2

1998-06-18 Thread David C. Winters
Been having a problem with networking on a bunch of 4.2 boxes, with the machines clicking into their proper network identities. I had to get a bunch of machines redone fairly quickly, so I built one machine, a Linux/NT dual-boot machine, in my office and dumped an image of its drive to a Netwa

AIC-7xxx and Adaptec AIC-7890?

1998-06-18 Thread Dana Canfield
I just got a Gateway ALR-7200 Server and it has two Adaptec AIC-7890 controllers built into the motherboard. I cannot get redhat 5.1 to recognize these controllers. I know the 7890 is not on the list of supported Adaptec chipsets, but I suspect that the controller would work with AIC-7xxx driver

Printing on both sides with inkjet printer.

1998-06-18 Thread Sim Robert
Hi, Does anyone know how to print on both sides of paper with inkjet printers. Can I do that with lpr or mpage? Any special drivers or programs available? Thanks a lot. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Er

Re: Linux person to talk to

1998-06-18 Thread Michael Jinks
Kyle Moore wrote: > > I know this really isn't the place for this and that's why I would > appreciate private replies. I don't know anyone that uses Linux. Right > now I use Win95 and NT 4.0 (I have installed and used Linux a bit) but I am > buying a new computer and will be putting Linus on as

Re: Burning a RedHat CD - The Full Story ->HELP

1998-06-18 Thread Netlink Tech
Thanks Graham, I still have a problem though. I still get a seg fault/core dump. Same place, without the "Emulating a 1.44 meg floppy" line. Here is a bit of the core dump: ^@Can't allocate memory for excluded filename ^@ Seek error on old image ^@**B

Good backup solution for two linux boxes on same ethernet.

1998-06-18 Thread Doug Elznic
Hello, I have two linux boxes I would like to backup over the network. One has he tape drive and the other has the data. They are both stock 5.0 (intel) boxes. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedH

NFS Error: nfssvc: Function not implemented

1998-06-18 Thread Doug Elznic
Hello, When /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start is executed I get: [root@calvert /root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start Starting NFS services: rpc.mountd rpc.nfsd nfssvc: Function not implemented Does anyone know what that error means? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST

Network card problem.

1998-06-18 Thread Yoink!
A friend gave me some junk network cards I'm trying to salvage for redhat 5.1. the problem is that i have no idea what this card is, no documentation, drivers, etc. I tried sticking it in win95 to no avail. the only hint is that the (main?) chip identifies Western Digital. It says: wd83c690-j

Re: wheel group

1998-06-18 Thread dreamwvr
Yes there is a wheel group available by default on red hat linux:') At 11:21 AM 6/14/98 -0400, Steve Frampton wrote: >On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Alex de Joode wrote: > >> The various BSD' have a 'wheel group' with users allowed to >> 'su' into root, is there such a scheme for Linux (RH5.1) ? > >Yes, I

AS400 files rolled over to linux .db is this possible and robust?

1998-06-18 Thread dreamwvr
Hi Everyone, Am looking for a method to convert AS400 files over to linux if at all possible so that users can access the files according to their rights of ownership by browser. Is their a method. Note i am no wiz at as400 data but the mnframe in question is at peak and need to off

Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Thomas Hubbell
> I want to buy a new computer through a mail-order supplier > (like Gateway) > but I want no problems. I've loaded Linux before but could > never get past > installing the network card. Has anyone recently bought a mail-order > computer with a network card and had no problems installing RH5.x?

Re: Why isn't there kernel-modules-2.0.34???

1998-06-18 Thread dreamwvr
Hi Everyone, I apologize for such a common ??? but is there a step by step to upgrading the Red Hat Kernel as I know about make config but am not certain about each and every option that is to be sellected in the prompts for y || n:') This will help a great deal as am planning to use

RE: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Jamie D
a real; computer is one that you build, not one that someone builds for you, and the fact that YOU want to put linux on it is all the more reason that YOU should build it, not michael dell!!! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June

Linux person to talk to

1998-06-18 Thread Kyle Moore
I know this really isn't the place for this and that's why I would appreciate private replies. I don't know anyone that uses Linux. Right now I use Win95 and NT 4.0 (I have installed and used Linux a bit) but I am buying a new computer and will be putting Linus on as the main OS. I have been le

Re: Fetchmail question

1998-06-18 Thread Chuck Mead
Darque wrote: > I'm having trouble figuring out how to configure fetchmail to do what I > need it to do... Here's my situation. > > I have a domain mailbox that I poll. The mail from that account would be > either for myself(under multiple names) or to be piped to lists that I have > setup unde

Large Files bombing POP-3

1998-06-18 Thread Doug Elznic
I remember reading something a while back about large files and pop-3 clients. We have complaints from time to time about mail retrieval bombing with big files. There was something on this list (i think) about are configuration that you can do with the pop-3 daemon to help this? Anyone remember?

Re: XFree86 rpm

1998-06-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
You need to reinstall the XFree86-libs rpm. Many things seem to break those in RH5.x :( You'll prolly have to do a --force. HTH Chris On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Rick Ingersoll wrote: >I have just completed an upgrade from RedHat 4.2 to RedHat 5.0. I then >proceeded to apply all of the security rel

RE: sendmail-8.9.0

1998-06-18 Thread GateKeepeR News
I know this is a lte reply, but I have installed that RPM and it seems to be working. The ip_allow file is now /etc/mail/access (look in /etc/mail to see all the others). My problem is that there are *.db (access.db, etc.) files in there. Anyone know how to get this thing ot work? I just now added

Re: drop from x server to console screen

1998-06-18 Thread Blair Craft
++ will take you to a console screen. Assuming everything is default, + should take you back to X. Regards, Blair. On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Tom Elsesser wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to -- to a console screen from the x > server, and not kill the server? For example, if I logi

Re: drop from x server to console screen

1998-06-18 Thread Darque
On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:43:28PM -0400, Tom Elsesser wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to -- to a console screen from the x > server, and not kill the server? For example, if I login on F1, startx > on F2 and fire up a ppp session, can I go back to F1 without shutting > down the x server and the pr

Re: drop from x server to console screen

1998-06-18 Thread tyrant
Yes, try F7 though instead of F1...and nothing will be closed down. On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Tom Elsesser wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to -- to a console screen from the x > server, and not kill the server? For example, if I login on F1, startx > on F2 and fire up a ppp session, can I go back to F

Tip on burning your own RedHat CD

1998-06-18 Thread Brian Wright
First of all, many thanks to the folks (Eric, Kevin, and others) for their tips to make a RedHat CD-R. I did find a link that has instructions on how to make your own. The URL is: http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith/rhjol.html This should be in the RedHat FAQ as well. Thanks again, Brian ___

Re: Burning a RedHat CD - The Full Story ->HELP

1998-06-18 Thread Steve Frampton
Hello! I'm trying to get a CD burned for 5.1. I followed the procedure according to the "Full Story", and when it came time to follow step #5: 5) You now need to create a new hdlist file... I got: bash: ./genhdlist: No such file or directory The file *is* there, and is chmod a+x. If I "ca

Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Matt Housh
Rather close-minded of you, don't you think? I happen to have a Dell P2/400 sitting in front of me right now that works great, straight off. Dell is great about mail ordering. Granted, it had windows 95 on it when it came, but that was EASILY taken care of, and besides, I wouldn't want someone to

Re: Getting around in Emacs

1998-06-18 Thread Brian Gorka
> "argathin" == argathin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If you are using the X version of Emacs, you can type: >> >> M-x pc-bindings-mode and M-x pc-selection-mode >> >> (where M-x is ALT-x or ESC-x) argathin> ?? Just a question - is that a new feature in the late

Aztech again

1998-06-18 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
I would like to know if some one have installed and Aztech Galaxy Nova 16 sound card. I tried the program made by James (Thanks to him, for giving me another choice) but it did not worked. Thanks for your time. __ Alfonso

RE: Several problems...RH 5.0 kernel 2.0.31

1998-06-18 Thread Jamie D
since the Zip drive is attached to your Printer port, why would you want SCSI support, (2 totally different buses)! a parallel Zip will not work on a scsi for M$ PC's why would make LInux be an exception > -Original Message- > From: Patrick O'Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wedne

Re: HTML 2 TEXT?

1998-06-18 Thread Phillip Ching 605.734.71
Hi Tony,, Execuse me for interrupting the conversation. What do you mean by 'our' ? Is it a Linux package? Thanks! Philip > > At 21:19 6/17/98 -0400, wward wrote: > >Is there program that will convert HTML to text? > > There are programs to do this but our can save a loaded document from

drop from x server to console screen

1998-06-18 Thread Tom Elsesser
Hi, Is it possible to -- to a console screen from the x server, and not kill the server? For example, if I login on F1, startx on F2 and fire up a ppp session, can I go back to F1 without shutting down the x server and the programs (ppp) that were running in it? Thanks, Tom -- PLEASE read t

Re: slrn-pull problems on 5.0

1998-06-18 Thread gmoore
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/18/98 at 06:22 PM, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I got the old version of slrn-pull (0.9.4.3-3) from /contrib but it >segfaults on 5.0. >There is a more recent version in /5.0/contrib but it depends on a more >recent version of slrn which in turn

Re: Network Card autoprobing

1998-06-18 Thread John J. Donohue
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Damien Silveira wrote: > I have reinstalled redhat numerous times now and am having no success. I am > installing from retail cd with one network card and choosing expert mode. I > set the i/o addr and the irq and then get the system running and add an > additional network c

X client shutdown

1998-06-18 Thread Cody Hartley
Another X question for RH5.1: When I exit from X using the menu exit command or ctrl-alt-backspace I get a blank screen. Commands still function, but my console doesn't echo. I suspect that the screen mode is not being changed, but I don't know how to force it to restore text mode. Is there a

Starting ppp connection

1998-06-18 Thread Tom Elsesser
Hi, I have successfully configured starting a ppp connection in X windows using most of the defaults, but I had to add a couple of "expect" and "send" options to get it to connect to my ISP properly. I would like to use these settings to connect using the command line, but I don't know where the

Re: startx

1998-06-18 Thread Cody Hartley
Vincent, I had a similar problem. Editing XF86Config and changing the Vconsole to match my resolution took care of it. I don't think you'll need to worry about the refresh rates, nor do I think you'll find an option for virtual consoles in XConfigurator. There will possibly several Vconsoles--

Re: Raid ( new topic )

1998-06-18 Thread dreamwvr
Hi noticed your request for raid info for linux... check out http://linas.org/linux/raid.html Best Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 01:34 AM 6/14/98 -0400, James Michael Keller wrote: >Ok, with al

Re: HTML-formatted mail

1998-06-18 Thread dreamwvr
Hi, Just felt i suppose like agreeing. Nothing more frustrating than recieving a email from someone who thinks they are being so informed that is formatted wrong so that it is all tags. That is rm without hesitation. What i found amazing is that the people sending this info get so indignant

RE: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Jamie D
Dell and Gateway sck bottom line and if it does screw up, forget tech support, (even if you dont put win95 on it) > -Original Message- > From: Dave Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 1998 11:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: in market for new comput

RE: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Beth Gemeny
We just bought a little Pentium 200 MMX from a local vendor, and I installed a Lynksys 10BT network card... since it was NE2000 compatible, it was a breeze (after I did a DOS boot to run the mfr's config software to disable the card's PnP mode). FWIW, Beth Gemeny SysAdmin HHN > -Original Me

Fetchmail question

1998-06-18 Thread Darque
I'm having trouble figuring out how to configure fetchmail to do what I need it to do... Here's my situation. I have a domain mailbox that I poll. The mail from that account would be either for myself(under multiple names) or to be piped to lists that I have setup under Smartlist on my machine.

Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Dave Reed
> From: "Swartzbaugh, Mr. Richard A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:59:25 +0200 > > I want to buy a new computer through a mail-order supplier (like Gateway) > but I want no problems. I've loaded Linux before but could never get past > installing the network card. Has anyone r

Re: printing problems, ppa zip disk, and RH 5.0

1998-06-18 Thread Zoki
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Ignacio Rodriguez wrote: ->> so I can mount/umount it? How do I get my printer working under ->> the circumstances? -> ->I also have a Zip at /dev/lp0 (lpt1) and the manufacturer says it's not ->compatible with Linux. I have never tried printing, but, have you tried ->disconn

Stardent 19" monitor

1998-06-18 Thread Smith, Nathan A., Capt.
Hi again, I know this might be a bit off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has the specification on a Stardent 19" monitor. Stardent was a workstation manufacturor a couple of years back. The monitor is actually made by SONY, but because it was made for Stardent they don't have any informat

slrn-pull problems on 5.0

1998-06-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
I got the old version of slrn-pull (0.9.4.3-3) from /contrib but it segfaults on 5.0. There is a more recent version in /5.0/contrib but it depends on a more recent version of slrn which in turn requires a more recent version of slang, and I'm not happy about installing this from /5.0/contrib in

Re: Getting around in Emacs

1998-06-18 Thread argathin
Brian Gorka writes: > > "Chris" == Chris Wegrzyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Chris> I have been typing up a document in emacs for a while and > Chris> find it necessary to go to the end of lines. On windoze > Chris> word processors, I can just hit end or home and get to the >

depmod, /lib/modules/preferred, ...

1998-06-18 Thread Jos Vos
Hi, Some surprises... I see that "depmod -a" works on RHL 5.1, that is, it creates a modules.dep in /lib/modules/preferred. I also see that rc.sysinit calls "depmod -a" with an extra "preferred" parameter. A few questions: - Why does it also work _without_ the extra parameter (there is no

Re: startx

1998-06-18 Thread tyrant
Try xf86config (assuming this is xfree which i think it is) and look for a part about virtual screen...exat question for me is Do you want a virtual screen that is larger than the physical screen? answer no :) hope that helps On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, webmaster wrote: > Dear Linux Gurus: > > I in

Routing with eth0 and ppp0, problems.

1998-06-18 Thread Alexander Woodby
Everything's WORKING ok, pretty much, but I have some wierd behavior. I think I don't understand routing well enough, if someone could take a look at this I'd appreciate any input! The computer's on a LAN with a Win98 machine (yah, I know) and the ethernet IP set to 192.168.121.123, the win98's

Re: startx

1998-06-18 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
You have to find the Horizontal and Vertical rates of your monitor and then changes them in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Try tu put the highest resolution mode of your monitor, in the card part of this file. __ Alfonso

XFree86 rpm

1998-06-18 Thread Rick Ingersoll
I have just completed an upgrade from RedHat 4.2 to RedHat 5.0. I then proceeded to apply all of the security related package upgrades. These included Xconfigurator-3.26-1 XFree86-3.3.2-14 XFree86-libs-3.3.2-14 The documentation associated with these patches indicated that I should then either

RE: Sun SCSI Tape Drive on RHL5.1?

1998-06-18 Thread Jason Scherbarth
The last Sun tape I bought was basically just an OEM'd version of the Exabyte 8505XL. Chances are that if it's an 8mm w/ 7/14Gb capacity it is the same unit. I had success using it as an Exabyte drive under NT4.0... js > -Original Message- > From: Fred Whipple [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Re: reconfiguring NIC

1998-06-18 Thread Jake Colman
> "Vincent" == webmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Vincent> Dear Linux Gurus: If I yank my existing NIC on my linux box, and Vincent> install a new(different) NIC, how do I reconfigure the OS to Vincent> recognize the new NIC? If you are using the preconfigured RH kernel, most

startx

1998-06-18 Thread webmaster
Dear Linux Gurus: I installed RH5.1 on a Micron 266Mhz. Everything seems to be working fine. When I start X windows system, it goes in without a hitch. However, it seems that my viewing area is larger than my screen resolution/size. Movement of my mouse will pane/move the viewing area when

Re: making a bootdisk

1998-06-18 Thread Jos Vos
Chris Frost wrote: > How should you make a bootdisk for your box? With "mkbootdisk"... But that tool first appeared in 5.1... --Jos Vos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 --Amsterdam, The Netherlands| Fax: +31 20 6948204

Sun SCSI Tape Drive on RHL5.1?

1998-06-18 Thread Fred Whipple
Hi all, We have need to use a tape backup scheme to backup a newly installed RH5.1 box, and I was approached with the possibility of using a Sun SCSI tape drive. Should this work under RH5.1? The hardware compatibility pages say that "almost any SCSI tape drive" or something like that (an exces

Re: login problems

1998-06-18 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
>OK Just moved from 4.0 to 5.1 and I've hit some quick snags. After adding >a couple aliases to my /etc/profile (alias ls= ls -color, etc.) I can only >log in as root. No other account works, not my personal or my ppp account. > I don't understand it. I've tried "passwd eric" and all "tok

Re: Network throughput using Chargen?

1998-06-18 Thread Blair Craft
IPTraf may do what you want. http://cebu.mozcom.com/riker/iptraf Regards, Blair. On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:48:18PM +, Graham wrote: > I want to measure network throughput between two points in a network. > Until now I have just enabled the chargen service in /etc/inetd.conf and > used NetS

Re: Microsoft Mouse

1998-06-18 Thread LG
Are you having the problem with gpm? If so, it might be that your mouse type is set wrong... Trye gpm -t ms Hope this helps, mike On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, DW Towner wrote: > Hi all, > > I have recently bought a new mouse after my old one broke, and I decided > to treat myself to a proper Microso

RE: Microsoft Mouse

1998-06-18 Thread Jon Biddell
I had a problem with the MS-Rodent (v1.1a) under RH5.1 - fixed it by selecting NO MOUSE, then re-running MOUSECONFIG and selecting SERIAL (no emulation) Jon > -Original Message- > From: DW Towner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 19 June 1998 1:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S

Microsoft Mouse

1998-06-18 Thread DW Towner
Hi all, I have recently bought a new mouse after my old one broke, and I decided to treat myself to a proper Microsoft Mouse that everyone seems to rave about these days. However, after plugging it in, my machine will no longer recognise the mouses presence. If I plug in my old mouse first on boo

Off Topic: Web site maping

1998-06-18 Thread Joe Klemmer
I seem to remember that the issue of mapping a web site was discussed in this list quite a while ago. For some reason I seem to think that this can be done with lynx and some switch or other. I don't seem to be able to find the correct information on how to do this so I ask this august

Re: Network throughput using Chargen?

1998-06-18 Thread Dan Cyr
http://cebu.mozcom.com/riker/iptraf/ Should be what you want. http://freshmeat.net Sign up! That IpTraf was posted in the newsletter, in my mailbox, afew days ago, along with 'all' the software releases that day.I love it! Dan At 02:48 PM 6/18/98 +, Graham wrote: >I want to measure n

making a bootdisk

1998-06-18 Thread Chris Frost
How should you make a bootdisk for your box? Chris <- Visit Me At http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost -> <-- For My Public PGP Key Visit http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost/pgp_key.txt --> -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /Re

Re: Applixware question (been awhile)

1998-06-18 Thread Mike
Are you using "Save As..." or "Export..." from the file menu? You should be using "Export...". I see ASCII Paragraphs, HTML, Interleaf, Frame, MS Word, etc... Hope that helps... By the way, on my applix cdrom the filters are in: /mnt/cdrom/applix/axfilter On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Bozarth w

Re: beginner's question re RH 5.0 install

1998-06-18 Thread Maureen Beck
thanks! At 08:31 PM 6/17/98 -0400, you wrote: >Maureen Beck wrote: >> >> Can anyone advise me on how to install RH 5.0 from a CD-rom ? >> I get as far as the menu that asks what kind of CD-rom driver -- my CD -rom >> drive is a USDRIVEs 24DT . It is an atapi compliant drive attached to a >> So

Re: printing problems, ppa zip disk, and RH 5.0

1998-06-18 Thread Vidiot
> just for the record, the manufacturer doesn't know what he's >talking about, I have a zip drive hooked up to my Epson 600 and it works >great. > >The problem is having the correct modules loaded, either lp.o or ppa.o > >Check the Zip mini-howto, it explains all. >Graham Actually, RedHa

Re: reconfiguring NIC

1998-06-18 Thread Mike Edwards
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, webmaster wrote: > Dear Linux Gurus: > > If I yank my existing NIC on my linux box, and install a new(different) NIC, how > do I reconfigure the OS to recognize the new NIC? I haven't done this, but it sounds like it should work. Assuming Linux detects it during boot, it

Afterstep won't load.

1998-06-18 Thread Brett A. Noe
I've got a machine with 4.2 on it, and I want to load the Afterstep windows manager. I downloaded the RPM, but when I try to install it I get an error saying that it needs /bin/sh. I checked, and it is already there. Any ideas? -- Brett A. Noe Network Administrator Ink & Image, Inc. >>>http://www

Re: Burning a RedHat CD - The Full Story ->HELP

1998-06-18 Thread Graham
If you are not bothered about the CD being bootable then just omit the following from the mkisofs command line: -b misc/boot/autoboot.img -c misc/boot/boot.catalog You will then have your ISO image which you can FTP to Windows and burn. Graham... Netlink Tech wrote: > > I successfully downloa

Network throughput using Chargen?

1998-06-18 Thread Graham
I want to measure network throughput between two points in a network. Until now I have just enabled the chargen service in /etc/inetd.conf and used NetScan Tools on a Windows Laptop. This sends data to the chargen server and gives me a throughput in KBytes/Sec. However, this means that I have to

Re: Getting around in EMACS

1998-06-18 Thread skip
Wade> Also, adding the following lines to your .emacs file should do it: Wade> (global-set-key [end] 'end-of-line) Wade> (global-set-key [home]'beginning-of-line) In recent versions of XEmacs at least (I use 20.3), these are the default bindings for the Home and End keys.

reconfiguring NIC

1998-06-18 Thread webmaster
Dear Linux Gurus: If I yank my existing NIC on my linux box, and install a new(different) NIC, how do I reconfigure the OS to recognize the new NIC? TIA... Vincent Tan [CNE, NCIP, CNA4, CNA3, MCP] Commonwealth Credit Union Network Coordinator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the R

Re: Scourge of Armagon on Linux?

1998-06-18 Thread Matt Housh
1) Is this the sort of thing that belongs on the list? 2) :) Of course it runs in Linux :) SOA is not a program, only a set of addons for Quake. All you have to do to get SOA to work in Linux is get Quake to work, which is pathetically simple. If you need an example, I'm running

boot disk and boot sector for bootloader

1998-06-18 Thread chang
Hi, all: I try to install RedHat 4.1 ( I bought the CD two years ago, have not upgrad yet) to HP pavilion 8275 with HD 8GB. During the installation process, everything is ok untill it try to install bootloader in the master boot sector or the first sector of the partitioned disk or on floppy di

Re: beginners help for redhat linux

1998-06-18 Thread David E. Fox
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi >Is there a list for linux newbies thats not quite as busy as this >one. I find that when I get 125 messages in the morning I end up There's '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. As far as I know, it is still up, but it's not redhat-specific. >Terry -- --

Re: Getting around in Emacs

1998-06-18 Thread Brian Gorka
> "Chris" == Chris Wegrzyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I have been typing up a document in emacs for a while and Chris> find it necessary to go to the end of lines. On windoze Chris> word processors, I can just hit end or home and get to the Chris> start or end of a lin

Re: MS Mouse ver 2.0 vs 2.1

1998-06-18 Thread Alex Ardalich
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Fred Lenk wrote: > Fixed a weird problem. After running startx, the mouse > wouldn't move the cursor unless I ended the GUI session, > ran mouseconfig, and ran startx again. If I ended the > GUI session and logged off as root, I had to do the > same thing next time I logged i

Re: Burning a RedHat CD - The Full Story ->HELP

1998-06-18 Thread Netlink Tech
I successfully download the directory tree for RH5.1. I replaced the old RPMs with the updated ones. I verified the structure and made sure that the directory names were correct. I made the new hdlist with this command(but with my path): /temp/rh5/misc/src/install/genhdlist /temp/rh5 I made sure

Network Card autoprobing

1998-06-18 Thread Damien Silveira
I have reinstalled redhat numerous times now and am having no success. I am installing from retail cd with one network card and choosing expert mode. I set the i/o addr and the irq and then get the system running and add an additional network card and create a kerneld device after I try to reboot

Linux 4.2 Backup Tape compatibility

1998-06-18 Thread bob jones
I hope somebody knows about this or can tell me where to look. Thanks in advance. Will I be able to backup files using tar under Linux 4.2 with what is called a 3M TRAVAN tape? I believe the tape is an IDE type and the drive is a Seagate. I believe this tape is available in 3 and 4GB unc

Re: Getting around in EMACS

1998-06-18 Thread W. Wade, Hampton
Folks, there was a great article a few years ago on customizingt EMACS. You might want to check out http://www.ssc.com. Also, adding the following lines to your .emacs file should do it: (global-set-key [end] 'end-of-line) (global-set-key [home]'beginning-of-line) I have a rather long

Re: Unreal for Linux

1998-06-18 Thread Joe Nestlerode
> One enterprising Linux user has put up a website where people can sign > a petition to indicate that they would support a Linux port. > The address is: http://www.voicenet.com/~shaitan/ I'm not a gamer, but I've added my name to the petition. IMO, the more commercial ports and exposure for

Re: How to remove ,cr> and ^M.

1998-06-18 Thread Dave Parker
Iztok Polanic wrote: > >Hello !!! > >On 18 Jun 1998, James Youngman wrote: > >> AFAIK it is not included with Red Hat 5.0. Here is a shell script >> which I use in its place:- > >If you're alredy looking for dos2unix command it is in redhat's contrib >directory! You might also take a look at /us

in market for new computer; want no problems

1998-06-18 Thread Swartzbaugh, Mr. Richard A.
I want to buy a new computer through a mail-order supplier (like Gateway) but I want no problems. I've loaded Linux before but could never get past installing the network card. Has anyone recently bought a mail-order computer with a network card and had no problems installing RH5.x? Andy Swar

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