Re: What's so great about Linux?

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Tim Pickering wrote: > that's not entirely true. if you build under solaris 2.4, it's likely > that it will work under solaris > 2.4. however, if you build something > on 2.5.1 or 2.6, it will NOT work under 2.4 because of library Does anything work under 2.4? :) I wouldn'

FW: Anyone using GIS with Linux?

I don't actually use it but, there is a free GIS called Grass that is available for Linux. It now comes with a tk/tcl front end (which I haven't got to work yet) and imports and exports to several formats arcinfo being one of them I believe. Regards Greg -- From: Jim Snyder To: [EMAIL PR

Re: IP Forwarding on Linux PPP Server

At 01:06 PM 6/24/98 -0500, "John J. Donohue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > >> I'm having routing trouble with a PPP connection to a Linux server using a >> Win95 client. The PPP connection works. I can ping the Linux box from the >> Win95 box. But I ca

Re: Warm reboot?

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Michael Jinks wrote: > I'm not sure, but I think that the analogous process on a system-V-style > *n*x box is changing runlevels. Whenever you change from one runlevel Not exactly. shutdown -r does a change to runlevel 6. The fact that the system reboots cold instead of w

Re: Warm reboot?

Bertram M. Krueger wrote: > > Always when I restart my computer using "reboot" or "shutdown -r" it > effects an cold restart. Is ist somehow possible to make a warm reboot > (that way as at MS-DOS with )? I'm not sure, but I think that the analogous process on a system-V-style *n*x box is changi

Re: users & groups accross many systems

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Chris Frost wrote: > I'm beginning to setup a cluster here, and most of the nodes will be > disk-less (and thus nis isn't needed), but for those that will have their Probably should use it anyway. It keeps your password files organized, it is better than mounting /etc/passw

Re: users & groups accross many systems

Chris Frost wrote: > > Also, is nfs much faster in 2.1? This network is going to be loaded w/ nfs > stuff (seeing as how 10 computers will be disk-less), and I'll need all the > performance I can get. Hopefully someone else can be more precise about this, but at the Linux Expo there was a talk a

Extremem Linux

I'm about to begin setting up a cluster and was wondering how exterme linux differed from redhat linux? I'd like to use rh 5.1 on the server (and we will be using diskless clients), fwiw. Chris <- Visit Me At http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost -> <-- For My Public PGP Key Visit http://home.hiwaay.ne

Re: Novell & IP

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Tony Wells wrote: > About the only thing Linux and SAMBA can't replicate is the > ability to easily manage users sharing multiple Novell 4.x > servers. This is because Novell have a handy system called the NDS > tree. This enables access permissions and passwords to be change

RSH still isn't working

Hi All, I know someone answered this before but I have not figured out what my hosts.allow *.deney have to do with accessing another computer with RSH. Could someone be long winded on what I am doing wrong here. rsh -l sdjernes mail "/usr/lib/sendmail -qRsdjernes.clark.net" select: protocol fail

RE: RH51: can't open /lib/modules/preferred/modules.dep

> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinits now looks for the kernel > name in /etc/lilo.conf, it > also checks it with /boot/vmlinuz, and also with > lilo -I. Look at the code > starting on line 114 in rc.sysinit. I don't know much about shell scripting and nothing about awk and sed, so I don't think I have worked

Re: Sound freeze problem Solved!

Kjetil Thuen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I try to start a program using sound, be it a sample-player, a mp3 > player, a cd player or a mixer, the program just sits around for about > five minutes before starting. When it eventualy starts it works > fine. This only applies to programs star

Re: word processor votes

Dave Parker wrote: >wordprocessor voting tally >-- > >1 KLyX/LyX >1 StarOffice >0 Applixware no response from anyone >0 Corel WordPerfect no response from anyone >1 vi + troff > >Hmmm... Is there anyone out there using Applixware and WordPerfect? >How do

Re: Should we be pushing Linux over Windows 95?

20:35 6/24/98 -0400, Dale Leonard wrote: > >If RH makes X windows a little easier to configure, then MS will have > >NOTHING on Linux, as most people (esp. newbies) are uncomfortable with > >the command line interface. Here's a thought: There are already two "specialized" versions of Linux coming

users & groups accross many systems

I'm beginning to setup a cluster here, and most of the nodes will be disk-less (and thus nis isn't needed), but for those that will have their own hd, is nis the best way to have the same users on all machines? Or is there something better. Also, is nfs much faster in 2.1? This network is going t

Re: 2.0.34 kernel install problems - please help

On 24 Jun, Scott shaped the bitstream to say: > I forgot to mention that I did the kernel upgrade via compiling the source > not thru Redhat's RPM's. If I use the RPM's do I get a dual boot or does > it do a complete upgarde without a way to go back? > > Scott > > I just did 'em last night.

Re: other option than IP Masquerade?

Alfonso Barreto Lopez wrote: > > I want to make some Linux boxes to access internet via other Linux Box > that has PPP, is this the only option? Well, maybe. If your ISP won't provide a static IP address for your ppp connection, then I think you'll probably have to masquerade. You also won't b

Re: HTML-formatted mail

This was over a LONG time ago, I would suggest you drop it. On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Shawn McMahon wrote: |-Original Message- |From: M. Neidorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 8:54 AM |Subject: Re: HTML-formatted mail | | |>What

Re: Novell & IP

Hi Michael, I won't bore you with too detail, but Novell have a protocol and ethernet packet type completely different from TCP/IP. In addition they have the file storage system on Novell file servers tightly coupled to the network protocol. Because of this tight coupling, theoretically, to ac

Extended IBM Charater Set

Does anyone know how to configure scoansi in the termcap to use the Extended IBM Character Set plmk Thanks in advance Brett -- 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 un

Re: Should we be pushing Linux over Windows 95?

At 20:35 6/24/98 -0400, Dale Leonard wrote: >If RH makes X windows a little easier to configure, then MS will have >NOTHING on Linux, as most people (esp. newbies) are uncomfortable with >the command line interface. In the first place, I don't think Linux vs Win95 is as appropriate as Linux vs

Re: word processor votes

> > Hmmm... Is there anyone out there using Applixware and WordPerfect? > How do you like them? Why? > I use WP for my papers and such. Works great with the exception of a little HP printer driver bug. My vote goes to it. > money management software Quicken 2.0 runs under WINE. I don't kno

Re: word processor votes

Raul Oteyza wrote: > > wordprocessor voting tally > -- > > 1 KLyX/LyX > 1 StarOffice > 0 Applixware no response from anyone > 0 Corel WordPerfect no response from anyone > 1 vi + troff > > Hmmm... Is there anyone out there using Applixware and WordPe

Re: Should we be pushing Linux over Windows 95?

>> Further resolved: Linux isn't an appropriate OS for your grandma. Windows >> 95 is. >Yes to the first, but no to the second. Granmda should have a Mac, so that >she can install and configure her own software a high degree of probability >that she won't break the last piece of software she in

other option than IP Masquerade?

I want to make some Linux boxes to access internet via other Linux Box that has PPP, is this the only option? __ Alfonso Barreto Lopez Inst. de Inv. de Matematicas U.N.A.M [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the R

Audio post code 2 - 8 - 2 - 1 ?

Could somebody please let me know what the following audio code means. Audio POST code 2 - 8 - 2 - 1 I'm upgrading my computer: new TX motherboard with 686/233MHz CPU. (System wont boot, no screen display, nothing (except the above audio code)). (Obviously I'm unable to use redhat again until I

Re: new install- apache config? GOT IT

At 14:46 6/24/98 -0700, Bennett Lauber wrote: >Hey I have another question. All of my other machines on the network are >win95 (except for an old PS/2 with os2 warp on it) can i use my UNIX box as >a file server for my local network too? Or do I have to FTP in stuff from >the other workstations?

Lost my printer port--use of sndconfig?

Well, I blew it. I think that in the process of attempting to use sndconfig on my computer, I killed my lp2 port. The port is being correctly detected by my kernel on boot-up, but lpr can't seem to connect to it to print. I get an lpr: connect: error message. Somebody help me out here--how do

Re: How Linux Could Kill Windows NT

William T Wilson wrote: >Why? Who needs (or wants) IBM around? Remember: if it's small enough to >fit in a single room, IBM doesn't understand it. IBM can't compete with >Microsoft with their own OSes, both of which were technically good enough. >Who thinks they could do it now? This was cert

Re: RFC linux as router

Jason. Could you send me a basic ospf gated.conf file? Jason Scherbarth wrote: > Doh! > > Forgot one thing. Make sure you are using the latest version of > GateD(in the RH 5.1distribution). Until recently Linux GateD had > problems with listening to the multicast route information (HELLO > pa

Re: pwconv w/ more than 2500 users?

This is where our biggest performance hit comes into play. When we switched from NetBSD to Linux our machine came to a screeching halt because I way new to the ways of PAM, and the pitfalls of pwdb. On our old 200Mhz Pentium, POP connections alone were taking more than a second to authenticate (

Re: xmodmap

You try .xinitrc? Thats where i have it. On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Iztok Polanic wrote: > Hello !!! > > I want to change 22 (BackSpace) and 111 (Delete) keys. I have put this in > ~/.Xmodmap: > > xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace" > xmodmap -e "keycode 111 = Delete" > > but it doesn'

X Backgrounds

Getting tired of my background...what might be some good places to look for hi-res backgrounds? (I know this is just slightly off topic...) 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 th

Re: RH51: can't open /lib/modules/preferred/modules.dep

Javier Hernandez writes: >Hi, >I just received my RH 51 and installed it without problems. > >I did recompiled the 2.0.34 kernel from the sources (linux-2.0.34.tar.gz) >but now the only thing which I can see strange at boot time is a >message: > >Finding modules dependencies... can't open /lib

RE: Xircom PCMCIA

Ok, thanks Tim & Matt for your help. Sounds like I need to get 5.1. M -Original Message- From: Tim Pickering [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Xircom PCMCIA > > I've recently installed RH5.0 on my Toshiba

Re: word processor votes

Love WordPerfect 7 for linux. I've tried Applixware and StarOffice, and I've been much happier with the word processing capabilities and usability of WordPerfect. YMMV. Raul Oteyza wrote: >wordprocessor voting tally >-- > >1 KLyX/LyX >1 StarOffice >0 Applixware

Test dont read - am I getting out?

Just checking to see if im getting out warned you not to read this. f Fred Lenk, SysAdmin, CommPower mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.commpower.com - Check jobs posting. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Err

Re: word processor votes

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Raul Oteyza wrote: > i would like to gather some votes on what linux wordprocessor you > folks like to use before i spend any money placing an order. i've > tried staroffice and wordperfect(15 day trial version), but not > applixware. Sorry, lyx is as close as I come to a wp

RE: RFC linux as router

Doh! Forgot one thing. Make sure you are using the latest version of GateD(in the RH 5.1distribution). Until recently Linux GateD had problems with listening to the multicast route information (HELLO packets), no trouble sourcing it... I've got GateD set up and running OSPF on about 10 RH 5.0

Re: unusual networking situation

Michael, we have at least DOS 6.21. We are using PC-NFS version 5.1a. I have been told that the later versions (PC-NFSpro, Solstice) do not work with a plain DOS installation but require Windows. Maybe it would work after the installation when you boot into DOS but I am not sure. I do not know i

RE: RFC linux as router

Essentially dead on. Small edits below... > -Original Message- > From: William T Wilson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 2:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RFC linux as router > > On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, dreamwvr wrote: > > > linux box as a rou

Re: word processor votes

wordprocessor voting tally -- 1 KLyX/LyX 1 StarOffice 0 Applixware no response from anyone 0 Corel WordPerfect no response from anyone 1 vi + troff Hmmm... Is there anyone out there using Applixware and WordPerfect? How do you like them? Why? money

Re: new install- apache config? GOT IT

OK. I got this one on my own. It was the damn proxy server (soon to be replaced by a ppp from UNIX-- as soon as I can find a non plug and prey 56k modem) I LIKED JUMPERS! This is great, I can FTP in (still need to set permissions) serve up http!! (and hopefully more!... Hey I have another quest

Re: pwconv w/ more than 2500 users?

Randy Carpenter wrote: > > > > You have more than 2000 users on one machine? Holy Shit! That's a lot. > > No it isnt ;) > We have over 13000 users in a FeeeBSD box. We only run freebsd for historical reasons - Linux is a lot better. I fugure we can support ~ 30,000 users (POP+www) on a single 2

Re: HTML-formatted mail

Shawn McMahon wrote: > > -Original Message- > From: Greg Fall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 12:26 PM > Subject: Re: HTML-formatted mail > > >To me the troubling aspect of these HTML-formatted messages is this: > >implicit

Re: Should we be pushing Linux over Windows 95?

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 04:20:23PM -0500, Shawn McMahon wrote: > Resolved: We should be pushing Linux as an alternative to Windows NT Server, > Novell Netware, and commercial Unixes that target x86 and comparable > "desktop" hardware, but we should not be pushing it in anything like it's > present

Re: Should we be pushing Linux over Windows 95?

> Further resolved: Linux isn't an appropriate OS for your grandma. Windows > 95 is. Why not? My mother, a grandma, was able to install and use RH 5.0 herself. She did nothing but complain about Windows 95 before so I sent her RH 5.0. > > And finally resolved: If you try to convince grandma

Re: Q: news servers

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Shawn McMahon wrote: > 56k won't cut it. Last time I checked, 128k would, but I wouldn't be > surprised if it's gone past that now. I don't think you have. A full newsfeed is up over 10GB per day. It requires almost a full T-1 just to carry the news. Over half of this is

Re: new install- apache config?

Hey that worked.. thanks Its VERY slow. took 2 minutes to load the Apache default page. I thought that because it was just in the other room, it would go faster? am I missing yet another setting somewhere? At 01:57 PM 6/24/98 , you wrote: >>I'm getting up to speed on my new unix box (RH 5.0) a

Test

Sorry all, having probs with my email. Rick -- 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 "unsubscribe" as th

Re: RFC linux as router

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, dreamwvr wrote: > linux box as a router? Would like to ideally get intimate with using > bgp and ospf using red hat as a router over 100 base T. Is this > different than setting up two nics and doing route add and default route? No. bgp and ospf are routing protocols. Wh

[OFF TOPIC] Any other Electronic Prepress folks out there?

Hi, I was wondering, is anyone else out there also involved in the printing or electronic prepress industries? I have some questions regarding file servers for imagesetters... Thanks! Mike == Mike Edwards, MIS Edwards Graphic Arts, Inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- P

Re: HTML-formatted mail

-Original Message- From: Greg Fall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 12:26 PM Subject: Re: HTML-formatted mail >To me the troubling aspect of these HTML-formatted messages is this: >implicit in them is an indication that the send

Re: Anyone using GIS with Linux?

In answer to Jim Snyder's question, there are a bunch of folks here at BBN (GTE Internetworking) using Linux and Java and a number of other platforms to implement open GIS solutions in a distributed environment. For more information, see:

Re: pwconv w/ more than 2500 users?

> > You have more than 2000 users on one machine? Holy Shit! That's a lot. No it isnt ;) -brag mode on webserver:/# wc -l /etc/passwd 46828 /etc/passwd webserver:/# - (Machine name changed to protect the innocent) ;) The password file was around 52,000 be

Should we be pushing Linux over Windows 95?

It's a good question. I'll enumerate my views as to why not more completely as the thread continues, but in order to focus it I wanted to start this new thread around this point: Resolved: We should be pushing Linux as an alternative to Windows NT Server, Novell Netware, and commercial Unixes t

Re: What's so great about Linux?

> Sure it does. Red Hat 5 is one of the most popular versions of linux. > When you produce a program for Linux, you should test it on every commonly > used version of Linux out there, including RedHat, Debian, Caldera, > Slackware, SuSE, and maybe others too. It's still easier than testing it >

Re: Q: news servers

-Original Message- From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 6:56 AM Subject: Re: Q: news servers >(Are you sure your internet connectivity bandwidth is sufficient to >accept a full newsfeed?) An important point, B

Hummingbird XTerm to RHL50

Anybody using Hummingbird XTerm to RHL50? which communication form do you use (rexec? rsh? rlogin?) What files need to be setup on Linux side (hosts.equiv?, others?). I got xdm running on the target Linux box. fred Fred Lenk, SysAdmin, CommPower mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.commpower.com -

Hummingbird XTerm to RHL50

Anybody using Hummingbird XTerm to RHL50? which communication form do you use (rexec? rsh? rlogin?) What files need to be setup on Linux side (hosts.equiv?, others?). I got xdm running on the target Linux box. fred Fred Lenk, SysAdmin, CommPower mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.commpower.com -

Re: new install- apache config?

Bennett Lauber wrote: > > Hey everybody. > > I'm getting up to speed on my new unix box (RH 5.0) and I've been able to > get lots of things running. I'm trying to get my apache web server > running, but I get an error from httpd that says that it is unable to > determine the ip address for my s

Re: new install- apache config?

>I'm getting up to speed on my new unix box (RH 5.0) and I've been able to >get lots of things running. I'm trying to get my apache web server >running, but I get an error from httpd that says that it is unable to >determine the ip address for my servername. Ok. I uderstand this, but when >I go

Warm reboot?

Always when I restart my computer using "reboot" or "shutdown -r" it effects an cold restart. Is ist somehow possible to make a warm reboot (that way as at MS-DOS with )? Thanks, Bertram -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-

Re: pwconv w/ more than 2500 users?

2987 users. Serving >100 pop connections per minute, plus web, Samba & Appletalk. Now what were all those magazines saying about Linux not being scalable? ramon wrote: > You have more than 2000 users on one machine? Holy Shit! That's a lot. > > On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Dana Canfield wrote: > > > M

Re: word processor votes

I've always preferred vi and troff! Raul Oteyza wrote: > i would like to gather some votes on what linux wordprocessor you > folks like to use before i spend any money placing an order. i've > tried staroffice and wordperfect(15 day trial version), but not > applixware. -- PLEASE read the Re

Re: What's so great about Linux?

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Shawn McMahon wrote: > Ironically, the necessary final nail in this coffin is being placed > there by Microsoft and Intel; the PC 99 spec doesn't allow ISA slots. > Certain internal devices are allowed to continue to use the ISA bus. Well, Microsoft and Intel don't have an

RE: Hardware Suggestions

We have a Mylex FlashPoint LW ( BT-950 ), bootable and worked great from the moment we installed it. To top it all of, we picked up ours for $87. Mylex Web Site http://www.mylex.com/ Drivers for Mylex Cards http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ Hope this helps. traff -Original

Re: What's so great about Linux?

-Original Message- From: Rich Kulawiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 7:21 PM Subject: Re: What's so great about Linux? >Just remember what happened between VMS and Berkeley Unix. All the >comments you are making now were made

Re: What's so great about Linux?

-Original Message- From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 5:25 PM Subject: Re: What's so great about Linux? >monolithic compile. My netowrk card (Linksys 10/100 using the PNIC chip) >is not supported by Redhat's driver. It

Anyone using GIS with Linux?

Hi I am a new Linux user and was wondering if anyone is using Linux to do any GIS work particularly with ArcView or ArcInfo for UNIX and also if the UNIX versions of these programs will work with Linux? Thanks for the help! --

new install- apache config?

Hey everybody. I'm getting up to speed on my new unix box (RH 5.0) and I've been able to get lots of things running. I'm trying to get my apache web server running, but I get an error from httpd that says that it is unable to determine the ip address for my servername. Ok. I uderstand this, but

Re: ICQ

Son of a Preacherman wrote: > > Does anyone know of an ICQ program for linux? > There is an ICQ Java version that works on any system with a JDK or JRE ( runtime library ) installed. Mine works ok ( just don't know its picking up the outside network - I never see anyone online

Re: pwconv w/ more than 2500 users?

My bad. I had a few duplicate usernames that had slipped in. When I removed those, everything worked fine. It would be nice if it would have printed a warning rather than just hanging, though (in fact, it would be nice if vipw printed a warning about duplicate usernames, too...). Thanks James

Re: ISDN Connectivity

> "Frank" == Frank Benenati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Frank> Can someone suggest : Frank> a) a good ISDN modem. I like the ADTRAN XRT. There is a newer model out now with a similar but different name. Go for an external modem unless you plan on keeping your PC on all the time.

Re: BRU error E134 - failed self consistency ...

Is this the old timezone FAQ? See http://www.estinc.com and find the BRU FAQ. If it's what I think it is, the answer is near the beginning. ++ Gregory Fall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) University of Michigan Department of Atmosph

Re: Linux backup tape compatibility

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, bob jones wrote: I use the 4/8 gig traven on SCSI. Have for a long time - no hitches as far as Linux is concerned. Everything works that I've every used. No special anything. Just compile the kernel with SCSI tape support, use /dev/MAKEDEV script and fire away. I did hav

Re: addendum Re: Real Audio (fwd)

Ruud de Bruin wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Ruud de Bruin wrote: > > > Oh, by the way, I have version 5.0-1 of the rvplayer rpm. Accordint to > > their web site, version 5 _is_ the latest version, so any idea why they > > would say that my version is out of date? > > No idea. I also have 5.0

Re: What's so great about Linux?

-Original Message- From: William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 2:28 PM Subject: Re: What's so great about Linux? >lack of an automated way to configure them in Linux. But I think ISA PnP >cards are a transition techno

Funny...

Win98 Blasts Off Wired News Report 12:15pm 23.Jun.98.PDT The Silicon Valley Linux Users Group will mark this week's launch of Microsoft Windows 98 with a special launch

Re: Preventing UDP floods from originating locally?

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Jeremy Domingue wrote: > I was wondering if there is some way that you can configure linux as to > prevent UDP floods from originating locally? Could UDP be filtered out > completely w/o damaging other services or. ? First step is to rig your router to block spoofed pack

Re: speed 38400

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Eugen Constantinescu wrote: > Hello everybody! > I want to see a good command line for setting the speed of serial > comunication (for 38400). > I set a serial device for 19200 and it works but not for 38400. > Thanks! > Eugen Hi Eugen! I think you can try to put F38400# B

Re: ICQ / JDK.. real simple question.

On the RedHat ftp site there are jdk rpms that you can use. I used the one called /pub/contrib/hurricane/i386/jdk-1.1.6sn-1.1glibc.i386.rpm . However, I had to make a number of changes to the java executable. It was looking in the wrong place for the libraries and classes. It is just a shell s

screen saver/ power save mode...

All, This is probably a very simple task, and probably has also been covered, but I'll ask anyway. How do you tell X not to go in power save mode; i.e. screen turns black after a couple of minutes? It's annoying because often have information on the screen(s) that I want displayed for long period

Re: Novell & IP

> The Novell equivalent for IP is IPX. NetWare is more like Unix+NFS. This is > as you think > > Usually, NetWare workstations use the IPX protocol to talk to NetWare > servers. In your case though, you say that you've only got IP loaded on the > workstations. This means you are running ne

word processor votes

hello, i would like to gather some votes on what linux wordprocessor you folks like to use before i spend any money placing an order. i've tried staroffice and wordperfect(15 day trial version), but not applixware. what about an alternative to quicken? (since it doesn't seem like intuit will e

Re: unusual networking situation

Damien Silveira wrote: > > Why use DOS7 when you can use DOS6 Believe me, I wish I knew. There are lots of "why not"-style questions that would make this problem just evaporate. But I gotta do it the way they tell me. >|[ -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST A

Re: BRU error E134 - failed self consistency ...

> Could someone please shed some light on the error below? > I am unable to find *any* information about this at all. > > Yes, I am new to BRU. > > Thanks! > Roger > > [root@linux /root]# bru -cvf /dev/fd0 -L "title" / > bru: [Q120] use device "/dev/fd0" ? [y/n] [default: n] >> y > bru: [E134]

Re: 2.0.34 kernel install problems - please help

I forgot to mention that I did the kernel upgrade via compiling the source not thru Redhat's RPM's. If I use the RPM's do I get a dual boot or does it do a complete upgarde without a way to go back? Scott -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www

Re: XFree86 rpm

Finally had a chance to try this, Chris, and not only does it appear to have worked but I got away without the --force. Thanks. Rick. At 04:11 PM 6/18/98 -0400, you wrote: >You need to reinstall the XFree86-libs rpm. Many things seem to break >those in RH5.x :( > >You'll prolly have to do a --f

Re: How Linux Could Kill Windows NT

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2. Tier One applications. The leading applications must Fortunately some Tier One applications are coming to Linux. There's WordPerfect and friends, Star Office, Oracle (which SCO version works, as I just learned), Netscape, as well as the tradit

Re: 2.0.34 kernel install problems - please help

Hmm. Just noticed an errata on mkinitrd. I'lll try that. :) not sure if my adaptec 1540 fall sinto the catagory of this fix but it cant hurt *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 6/24/98, at 9:40 AM, Scott wrote: >Greetings Gurus - > >I ran into a problem with my 2.0.34 upgrade. Here

Re: ICQ

>Does anyone know of an ICQ program for linux? > >Lee Parker Micq 0.2a ( on freshmeat, scroll down a little to find it ) http://news.freshmeat.net/1998/06/16/#898037132 and there's the ICGnu project. still in development, so help if you can. it also lists similar projects. http://www.azstarnet.c

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I installed LessTif, and Adobe Acrobat started displaying very strangely. All the letters were jumbled atop each other, had seemingly parallel images in some other color on some other part of the page. I was wondering if anyone else had seen this. I uninstalled LessTif and reinstalled the Acrob

Re: ICQ

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Son of a Preacherman wrote: > Does anyone know of an ICQ program for linux? Mirabilis makes an ICQ client available for Java, so if you can make Java work, you can get ICQ. There are several hacker efforts to make a command-line or native linux version. So far they don't w

Re: pci network card recommendations

> "cf" == Chris Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: cf> I'm looking to get a very well supported pci network card for my linux box cf> (in the $40-$70 range). Are there any tulip-type cards that I could get? You might take a look at the Dec Tulip cards 21140, the Netgear FA-310 is a good one

Re: pci network card recommendations

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Chris Frost wrote: > I'm looking to get a very well supported pci network card for my linux box > (in the $40-$70 range). Are there any tulip-type cards that I could get? > Netgear FA310TX (10/100 pci card) currently going for $29 to $39 ea. from places like DataComm Warehou

Re: Novell & IP

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Michael George wrote: > What I'm still unclear on is how Netware and IP interact... I know that > both run as a layer above the media protocol (ethernet in this case), > but I thought that Netware was the same layer as IP, and that one ran > one *or* the other. That's not

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Hi: Everytime I start X Windows my cursor disappears. Here's the scenerio: 1. Boot up my laptop. I'm running Red Hat Linux V4.2 2. Logon to the box. 3. Switch to another tty (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F2) 4. Run `startx` from new tty. 5. Return to original tty. 6. Cursor is _gone_!!! No underscore, no bo

Preventing UDP floods from originating locally?

Hey all... I was wondering if there is some way that you can configure linux as to prevent UDP floods from originating locally? Could UDP be filtered out completely w/o damaging other services or. ? TIA, Jeremy Domingue [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and

RedHat, ISDN, USR I-Modem HELP??]

> Can anyone help with a configuration issue for a RedHat, ISDN and > I-modem setup? > > I had this configuration working for several months flawlessly until my > ISP changed routers and now I cannot figure out the proper > configuration. It will not authenticate properly. > > Anyone let me sho

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