Re: 2.0.34 kernel

1998-06-27 Thread Chris Fishwick
> can anybody give me an ftp address where I can get kernel 2.0.34 > but it is very desirable that it 'd be in tgz archive . (I'm fed up with > rpm) ftp.kernel.org /pub/linux/kernel/v2.0 (from memory).. Regards, Chris. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCH

2.0.34 kernel

1998-06-27 Thread Igor N. Green
Hello people! can anybody give me an ftp address where I can get kernel 2.0.34 but it is very desirable that it 'd be in tgz archive . (I'm fed up with rpm) thanks in advance.. Igor N. Green -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/R

REDHAT 5.0 and REDHAT 5.1

1998-06-27 Thread Igor N. Green
Hello people. can anybody tell me or give me a piece of advice: What is so significant in 5.1 that I don't see in 5.0? and should I really upgrade my 5.0 to 5.1? please tell me the difference (I haven't seen 5.1 yet) just in two words.. thanks in advance Igor N. Green -- PLEASE read the Red

Re: Ensoniq Soundscape & RedHat 5.1

1998-06-27 Thread Eric Augustus
On Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 12:45:27PM -0700, Dirk Muders wrote: > Hello, > > after upgrading RH 4.0 to 5.1 my Ensoniq Soundscape Vivo 90 soundcard no > longer works (it worked OK with kernel 2.0.18). I have searched the web but > all I could find were pointers to OSS. Isn't it possible to get th

Applixware e-mail: multiple accounts?

1998-06-27 Thread Leston Buell
I was pretty happy with Netscape mail until i decided to manage my mail by having personal mail and mailing lists on different accounts--with different ISPs. Now, every time i want to switch accounts i have to go and retype all of the relevant preferences. Several people on this list have recommen

vfat permissions

1998-06-27 Thread Leston Buell
I cannot seem to be able to grant write permission to non-root users for a hard drive with a vfat file system. What do i need to do? Leston Buell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /

Iomega Parallel Zip problem

1998-06-27 Thread Michael Montz
I have Zip and parallel compiled as modules. When I load the zip module, I get the following: Version 1.42 Probing port 03bc Probing port 0378 SPP port present ECP with a 16 byte FIFO present PS/2 bidirectional port present Passed Intel bug check. Probing port 0278 scsi : 1 host. /lib/modules/2

Soundscape Elite in RH5.1

1998-06-27 Thread Matthew Saltzman
OK I'm flummoxed. I'm trying to get my Soundscape Elite (non-PnP, non-PCI) going under 5.1. (It used to work under 4.2...) There's a module for it in the production kernel, and I also tried compiling a custom kernel. I enabled sound support as a module, like the README says. The compilation/

Re: 4.2 -> 5.1 upgrade questions

1998-06-27 Thread David E. Fox
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Dave Reed wrote: >I have a number of programs I've installed myself from .tar.gz files >in /usr/local (e.g., Mesa, gtk-1.0.4, gimp-1.0, ezppp, xmftp, >netscape3.0, etc.) Will the files in /usr/local still be there after They should be. Redhat doesn't touch stuff in /usr/loc

PCNFS/NFS Question

1998-06-27 Thread Steve Hazelett
Hi, We have a RH 4.2 box setup at work to be used as a NFS server for a couple of PC's running DOS and PCNFS (very old version of PCTCP). Each morning the systems are rebooted (DOS systems) and they load up PCTCP and mount a directory on our Linux box, download some files, then reboot withou

Re: TCP/IP UDP priority

1998-06-27 Thread Richard Sharpe
At 05:41 AM 6/26/98 -0400, William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Wim Raets wrote: > >> I am FTP'ing a new kernel(+/- 10MB) at max speed (4K/s). >> If I would start surfing(http) now, the speed of webpages coming through >> would be terrible. So I would like to lower the

Re: Please, jagged blue line!!!!

1998-06-27 Thread Richard Rager
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Jack Hatfield wrote: > Intel Pentium 200, Trident 9680, KFC Smile 17" monitor, startX, redhat 4.2. > > Only gets a jagged blue line and requires a reboot. No matter what monitor, > card or setting I choose. Can this just be corrupt Xwindows.? If so, how do > I re-install w

Installing 5.1

1998-06-27 Thread Robert L. Willsey
I am a diabetic with vision problems and have some trouble reading some books. Unfortunately the Redhat book seems to be one of them. As one who is going to install 5.1 on a new computer I wonder if I can get some help here? I have a new computer with an AMD K6 cpu at 300Mhz with 64meg of memory.

RE: Unidentified subject! [Network as User]

1998-06-27 Thread rarab
Hello Hoe-Tech Wee: I edited the interface as suggested. No difference. I tried to edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ppp0 but was advised: No such file or directory I found USERCTL= in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-pppo and it was already marked as =yes. Undau

FTP using sendmail process?

1998-06-27 Thread TJ Herring
I am experiencing a wierd problem with ftp'ing to Redhat 5.1... All of my (3) redhat 5.1 boxes open up sendmail processes when I ftp to them. I know that it should create a in.ftpd process. (similiar to what telnet does). The config files have not been changed from the original install. In fa

four button mice?

1998-06-27 Thread felix k sheng
can anyone point me in the direction of more information on getting 4 button mice to work w/ x? i haven't seen anything on that, except for some clues in the wheel-mouse faq. i'd like to be able to map a fourth button click to be the same as alt or ctrl - is that possible? thanks for any info.

Rationale for jdk directory structure?

1998-06-27 Thread Robert Nicholson
I think most jdk releases from javasoft are installed under a common parent and their supporting scripts assuming this. The jdk-sbb-1.1.6-2.1.2glibc.i386.rpm package that I just installed has decided to rearrange things like the following ./usr/bin/jdk-1.1.6 ./usr/doc/jdk-sbb-1.1.6 ./usr/include

Message to the jdk rpm maintainers

1998-06-27 Thread Robert Nicholson
I've just installed the sbb jdk rpm and I notice that the .java_wrapper script is written to assume that the entire jdk ie. lib and bin is under a common parent. that's not the case with the rpm I installed and consequently .java_wrapper (who's ever idea it is) doesn't work. changes are trivial

Re: KDE 1.0pre1 is not available

1998-06-27 Thread Joe Tseng
> >Is that suppose to be a pre-release version (not exactly beta)? > I suppose... I think I found out about this from freshmeat.net. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata a

4.2 -> 5.1 upgrade questions

1998-06-27 Thread Dave Reed
Hi all, I'm thinking of upgrading my 4.2 system that has worked flawlessly since I installed it last summer to 5.1. When I originally installed 4.1 I just made two partitions for Linux - for for / and one for swap. I also have two other partitions a FAT32 partition for that other OS that I u

the JDK RPMs

1998-06-27 Thread Robert Nicholson
Does anybody havea description for the jdk rpms in contrib? There are three of them and I'd like to know their differences. -- 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 uns

Please, jagged blue line!!!!

1998-06-27 Thread Jack Hatfield
Intel Pentium 200, Trident 9680, KFC Smile 17" monitor, startX, redhat 4.2. Only gets a jagged blue line and requires a reboot. No matter what monitor, card or setting I choose. Can this just be corrupt Xwindows.? If so, how do I re-install without taking the machine offline? Or is there some se

Re: Minicom slow connection

1998-06-27 Thread Hal \(DCI\)
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Casey Bralla wrote: > I've just started playing around with minicom, and got a weird problem. > My communication to the modem is painfully slow. When I first fired > up minicom, I got pretty normal communication rates to the modem (ie: > Typing ATZ quickly brought back an

RedHat Secure WebServer and Servlets

1998-06-27 Thread Bryon G. Rigg
I am seeking info from anyone who may have done this and/or knows how to do it. I sent an email to redhat sales a week ago, but got no response. I guess that may be there way of saying it can't be done. I hope not. I am looking to either mod_jserv or some comercial solution. Alternatively, has

Re: TCP/IP UDP priority

1998-06-27 Thread redhat
At the recieving end of this, you really can't control it. 2.2 will have the ability to put priority on different protocols, but doing so on incoming traffic makes very little difference. Chris <- Visit Me At http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost -> <-- For My Public PGP Key Visit http://home.hiwaay.ne

Minicom slow connection

1998-06-27 Thread Casey Bralla
I've just started playing around with minicom, and got a weird problem. My communication to the modem is painfully slow. When I first fired up minicom, I got pretty normal communication rates to the modem (ie: Typing ATZ quickly brought back an OK) Now, It takes up to 30 seconds to get any kin

Re: Printer sharing question?

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
David Taylor wrote: > In my house there are two computers: my computer and a family computer. > The family computer is running Windows 95 and has a Canon BJ200C > attached to it. I want to be able to send files from my linux/win95 > computer to the family win95 computer for printing. There is n

Re: PCI ehternet cards

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
Crucial Lloyd wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a PCI ethernet card that is compatible with Linux 5.0? I'm using 3COM 10/100 twisted pair boards on several machines, with both 5.0 and 5.1, and no problems. Didn't try a 100 M connection tough. Didn't play with other cards. eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomera

5.1 doesn't install

1998-06-27 Thread Joachim Paulini
I tried to install RH 5.1 by ftp, but it fails even with the newest, recently updated boot/supplementary-disk combination. . The ftp install doesn't work because my ethernet card (based on the WD 8013 chip) is not recogisned: autoprobe fails and the card isn't recognised even if I give the correc

terminfo/termcap/ncurses

1998-06-27 Thread Michael Ghens
This is just for the record. The terminfo in RH51 seems to be broken. What I have noticed is that it goes to /usr/share/terminfo where it supposed to. However, what I have found is programs like statnet look for the terminfo in /usr/lib/terminfo The quick fix is to go to /usr/lib Then ln -s /usr

Re: TCP/IP UDP priority

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
Wim Raets wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have a ppp-modem(33.6) connection to my ISP. > I would like to change the priority of the different protocol I use. > Example: > I am FTP'ing a new kernel(+/- 10MB) at max speed (4K/s). > If I would start surfing(http) now, the speed of webpages coming throu

Re: lo device (loop back) will not activate

1998-06-27 Thread Hal \(DCI\)
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Dan Cornilescu wrote: > rfinks wrote: > > > > I am trying to connect to my ISP. I am able to dial out and connect but I > > get disconnected immediately. The one thing I've noticed is that the lo > > device will not activate. When I try to activate it in netcfg nothing > > h

Re: troubling /var/log/messages output

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
Rick Ingersoll wrote: > and occasionally something like this: > > Jun 25 00:00:45 linuxbox kernel: NFS server ournfsserver not responding, > still trying. > Jun 25 00:00:55 linuxbox kernel: NFS server ournfsserver OK. Overloaded server. Don't worry. Linux clients eat this better than Solaris cl

Re: lines don't print...

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
Zoki wrote: > Would like to know though what it does the "Fast Printing" option. Prints faster, as it prints 5 lines less per page :) -- 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

RH51: How downgrade to gcc (no egcs)

1998-06-27 Thread Wolfgang Astleitner
Which packages do I have to downgrade not to have egcs at all? (instead: gcc + old g++) I tried to uninstall egcs-packages, libstc++ and to install the pendant-packages from RH 5.0, but I still got compiling (better linker-errors) when compiling QT or KDE progs Who knows help for this? THANKS /wo

Re: lo device (loop back) will not activate

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
rfinks wrote: > > I am trying to connect to my ISP. I am able to dial out and connect but I > get disconnected immediately. The one thing I've noticed is that the lo > device will not activate. When I try to activate it in netcfg nothing > happens. If I try to edit the device I get the following

Re: collision on eth0

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
Etienne Joubert wrote: > > What could the problem be when the prompt brings up an error: > eth0..collision on 802.2 and 802.3 You may have a wiring problem on your network. if twisted pair: possibly wrong cable (straight/crossover) if coax: possible short circuit Do you have a

Re: ##@@%%$$...cron...

1998-06-27 Thread Dan Cornilescu
Zoki wrote: > > get_mail script looks like this: > > #!/bash/sh Is sh installed in /bash on your system? -- 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 [EM

Re: Off-topic: even Gates mentions Linux....

1998-06-27 Thread Hal \(DCI\)
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Evan Leibovitch wrote: [Major Snip] > To me, an IBM link could be best, even if it never totally grasps the GPL > and makes all its addons proprietary. (The company's recent endorsement of > Apache makes me think that they *do* get it, though.) IBM's embrace of > Java, the l

Re: hardlink vs. symlink

1998-06-27 Thread Dave Ihnat
Fred Smith wrote: > BZZZT! > Sorry, that's not right. > A hard link is ... > The only difference is that they may be in different > directories and have different names/owners/groups/permissions. BZZZT! Sorry, that's not right. (SmileyifIdidsmileyswhichIdon't). Can't have dif

No Subject

1998-06-27 Thread D.Yang
Hi I change my CPU from P54C-166 to P55C-200 with my motherboard (MicroStar MSI-5128)unchanged.My question is that I can only change the bus clock(60/66) but can not change the ratio.however the switch is set (1.5x,2x,2.5x,3x) , the ratio is always 2.5x,that is to say I can only use my New

Re: KDE 1.0pre1 is not available

1998-06-27 Thread William Jackson
Is that suppose to be a pre-release version (not exactly beta)? [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 06-27-98 08:36:26 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:KDE 1.0pre1 is not available I went to KDE's FTP site and went looking for any binaries and even

KDE 1.0pre1 is not available

1998-06-27 Thread Joe Tseng
I went to KDE's FTP site and went looking for any binaries and even source code for KDE 1.0pre1 (since I read somewhere it was now available). Guess what? I found nothing!!! If it is available where is it? __ Get Your Private, Free Email a

slightly offtopic: mpg123 vs x11amp sound problems

1998-06-27 Thread Jeff Ivany
Hi I was wondering if anyone could give me some ideas as to why mpg123 plays mp3 files perfectly on my system but x11ampamp does not. The problem with x11amp is that it seems to be playing the mp3 files at about a quarter of the speed, and filling the rest of the time with static garbage. You c

Re: Funny problem with wu-ftpd on RH 5.1

1998-06-27 Thread Michael K. Neylon
Regarding the Wu-FTPD problem with sendmail, the author of the wu-ftpd admitted that he accidently had that 'feature' set up in beta-16. He recently released an update , beta-17 that fixes this (was announced to one of the redhat announced groups. -- Michael K. Neylon, UM ChE Grad | "..Besid

RE: Unidentified subject! [Network as User]

1998-06-27 Thread Hoe-Teck Wee
Hello. Try editting the interface in netcfg, and set the "Allow any user to (de)activate interface" option on. Alternatively, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ppp0 and set USERCTL=yes Thereafter, use the $ /sbin/ifup ppp0 from command line to activate the interface (the example here

Upgrade kernel on RH 5.1

1998-06-27 Thread Ruud de Bruin
The method of upgrading the kernel on RH 5.1 described on www.redhat.com (errata) is not working properly. I installed RH 5.1 from scratch. Moved the new kernel rpm's to /tmp and issued: rpm -Uvh *.rpm. This results in error message: cannot remove /lib/modules/2.0.34-0.6 - directory not empty ca

Re: Xanim won't play *.mov

1998-06-27 Thread Pierre Wallemacq
David, Friends of mine tried it on their PC and it worked first time (default installation of Redhat5.0). I can't have the sound working properly. My two cents. Pierre. On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, David Taylor wrote: > I'm trying to play a *.mov file using xanim, but when I try I get the > follow

Re: ncftp virtually unusable!

1998-06-27 Thread Gene Wilburn
Have you upgraded to the latest ncurses rpm? That cleared up my problems with ncftp. Gene On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, David Taylor wrote: > I'm having a problem with ncftp, where it is almost impossible to read > the output of ncftp. Don't get me wrong, everything appears on the > screen... but it ap

Re: Funny problem with wu-ftpd on RH 5.1

1998-06-27 Thread Nemeth Laszlo
GateKeepeR News wrote: > > hmm, this is odd. It may be sendmail is using a UID that is used by ftp. I also tought of it, but look at the part after "sendmail:". those are definitely coming from the ftpd, showing myself logged in anonymously with my e-mail add. as password, and doing nothing. >

Re: D'oh! What version libs should I ge for KDE?

1998-06-27 Thread Howdy Doody
On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Peter Lavender wrote: >Errmm... > >This is a silly question, what libs would I be using if I have redhat >5 huricane? The libc6 version. libc5 gives _fxstat (or something similar) failures. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http

Re: hardlink vs. symlink

1998-06-27 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 09:09:16PM +0200, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > >How do hard links and sym links differ? > > >Chris > > > A hard link is just a copy of the file. A softlink is a real link BZZZT! Sorry, that's not right. A hard link is another entry in a directory somewhere on a p

Re: D'oh! What version libs should I ge for KDE?

1998-06-27 Thread Eze Ogwuma
"Peter Lavender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would there be any prblems if I have the lib5? Sorry I can't say for sure. It would depend on which version of libc5 it was linked against. RH 5.0 comes with libc-5.3.12 (from updates). I know I ran libc5 Beta3 on RH 5.0 without problems so you may

Re: D'oh! What version libs should I ge for KDE?

1998-06-27 Thread Peter Lavender
Would there be any prblems if I have the lib5? > "Peter Lavender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Errmm... > > > > This is a silly question, what libs would I be using if I have redhat > > 5 huricane? > > glibc == libc6. > > > I am just about at the end of a long ftp and I'm not sure that

Re: hardlink vs. symlink

1998-06-27 Thread Dave Ihnat
Igmar Palsenberg asked: >How do hard links and sym links differ? Several people--particularly James H. G. Redekop--answered with explanations that were simply fully mistaken. Now, allowing for the evolution of Unix/ Linux since last I taught internals, I stopped long enough to look at the sour

Re: D'oh! What version libs should I ge for KDE?

1998-06-27 Thread Eze Ogwuma
"Peter Lavender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Errmm... > > This is a silly question, what libs would I be using if I have redhat > 5 huricane? glibc == libc6. > I am just about at the end of a long ftp and I'm not sure that I have > grabbed the right version of kde RPMs... :( kde*-Beta4-*

D'oh! What version libs should I ge for KDE?

1998-06-27 Thread Peter Lavender
Errmm... This is a silly question, what libs would I be using if I have redhat 5 huricane? I am just about at the end of a long ftp and I'm not sure that I have grabbed the right version of kde RPMs... :( Pete @home @work @play there just isn't enough time in the day. -- PLEASE read t

D'oh! What version libs should I ge for KDE?

1998-06-27 Thread Peter Lavender
Errmm... This is a silly question, what libs would I be using if I have redhat 5 huricane? I am just about at the end of a long ftp and I'm not sure that I have grabbed the right version of kde RPMs... :( Pete @home @work @play there just isn't enough time in the day. -- PLEASE read t

Re: ClickArt under Linux?

1998-06-27 Thread William T Wilson
On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Phillip Ching 605.734.71 wrote: >I must miss something in xv. Any tips on how can I save these >*.jpg or *.tif files as *.gif ? .jpg and .tif files are 24 bit color files, whereas .gif is a maximum of 8 bit color. Therefore you must convert the colors. Once you dither or

Re: Xanim won't play *.mov

1998-06-27 Thread Eze Ogwuma
David Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > So, my question still stands. How do I use xanim to play *.mov files? The Xanim home page has links to what you need. http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/home.html -- Eze Ogwuma -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST A

Re: KDE RPM's?

1998-06-27 Thread Eze Ogwuma
"Peter Lavender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any know if there is a RPM for the KDE??? I'd like to check it out. The glibc RPMS are on ftp.redhat.com for libc5 and glibc see http://www.kde.org/mirrors.html for a list of sites. -- Eze Ogwuma -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata

Re: ClickArt under Linux?

1998-06-27 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Phillip Ching 605.734.71 wrote: >I must miss something in xv. Any tips on how can I save these >*.jpg or *.tif files as *.gif ? Well, I don't think I'm Richard, but at any rate you should try ImageMagick (a suite of tools; convert is the specific tool for conversion) or net

KDE RPM's?

1998-06-27 Thread Peter Lavender
Hi everyone, Any know if there is a RPM for the KDE??? I'd like to check it out. Thanks Pete @home @work @play there just isn't enough time in the day. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tip