Re: Searching Tarballs (REVISED)

2000-07-26 Thread Charles Galpin
You have two choices 1. untar the tarball somewhere temporarily, grep the files, remove the temp files 2. list the tarball contents, iterate over the list and extract the files one at a time (to stdout) and pipe it through your filter. This way you know the name and contents of each file. It wi

Re: Searching Tarballs (REVISED)

2000-07-26 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 11:07:11PM -0600, SoloCDM wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 08:42:56PM -0600, SoloCDM wrote: > > > > > > SoloCDM wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there an efficient way of searching tarballs for information and > > > > > displaying the filename associated with the results? I'

Re: Searching Tarballs (REVISED)

2000-07-26 Thread SoloCDM
Ken Irving wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 08:42:56PM -0600, SoloCDM wrote: > > > Bret Hughes wrote: > > > > > > SoloCDM wrote: > > > > > > > Is there an efficient way of searching tarballs for information and > > > > displaying the filename associated with the results? I'm familiar > > > >

Apology to the list -- Lack of updates of common packages

2000-07-26 Thread Pete Lancashire
I want to apologize to the list, its been a frustrating 1/2 of a week. Starting with a Adaptec 29160 that decides to go intermittent-temp sensitive while demo'ing to a potential client why he should go with Linux/samba instead of two additional NT servers.. -pete -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL

Re: Lack of updates of common packages

2000-07-26 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 08:34:13PM -0700, Pete Lancashire wrote: > Yes I tried Rawhide, I checked at least on the two or > three rpm sites. Perl is still the same as 6.2's. > > I posted a little in frustration since part of > going with a 'packaged' version of *nix, espically > RedHat was in the

Updating kernel -- glibc dependency

2000-07-26 Thread Pete Lancashire
I need to update the kernel to the latest official RedHat 6.2 Update version. I get a dependency conflict with glibc-devel-2.1.3-15. If I force the update will this break anything ? Oh .. what are the 'best' rpm command line options to use in a case like this ? I checked and didn't see a updat

Re: Lack of updates of common packages

2000-07-26 Thread Roger Dooley
i found redhat rawhide rpms for perl-5.6 on filewatcher.org. ex: ftp://rufus.w3.org/linux/3/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ Pete Lancashire wrote: > > Yes I tried Rawhide, I checked at least on the two or > three rpm sites. Perl is still the same as 6.2's. > > I posted a little in frustration s

RE: Lack of updates of common packages

2000-07-26 Thread Pete Lancashire
Yes I tried Rawhide, I checked at least on the two or three rpm sites. Perl is still the same as 6.2's. I posted a little in frustration since part of going with a 'packaged' version of *nix, espically RedHat was in the past RedHat was usually one to update packages quite frequently. Sure I cou

Re: Red Hat 6.2 Professional

2000-07-26 Thread Steve Arnold
Irwan Hadi wrote: > > At 06:25 PM 7/25/00 -0700, you wrote: > >and it's "three different versions of *RedHat* Linux (or, as Richard > >Stallman would prefer, "the RedHat distribution of GNU/Linux" or > >something like that). > > Actually I really don't like the way Redhat packaged its Linux Stan

Re: Modprobe problems

2000-07-26 Thread Steve Arnold
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have kernel 2.2.14 running on an HP Netserver LH3. I have an AIC-7850 > with an HP DAT drive and an HP Magneto-Optical Drive tacked onto it. > > When I type modprobe aic7xxx.o I get, the following: > > scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 2711, scs

Re: Lack of updates of common packages

2000-07-26 Thread Roger Dooley
have you tried rawhide? or you could just get the tarballs ;) Pete Lancashire wrote: > > I just left rufus.w3.org and noticed the updates to 6.2 was quite "thin". > > Almost all the packages I use, Perl-tk, perl, etc. have all been updated > by the other distributions that use RPM, but not by R

Re: Unidentified subject!

2000-07-26 Thread Steve Arnold
sohogurus wrote: [snip] > ipchains -P forward -i DENY > ipchains -A forward -i ppp1 -j MASQ > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > Just temporary of course. I've been looking around all day trying to figure > how this is and how I can get rid of the overruns a

Lack of updates of common packages

2000-07-26 Thread Pete Lancashire
I just left rufus.w3.org and noticed the updates to 6.2 was quite "thin". Almost all the packages I use, Perl-tk, perl, etc. have all been updated by the other distributions that use RPM, but not by Redhat. Is is just me or is RedHat falling behind ? I still would like to know what the best way

Re: Problems with dial on demand

2000-07-26 Thread Steve Arnold
Steve Arnold wrote: > > Bill Sandiford wrote: > > > I am trying to use redhat 6.2 as a dial on demand router for my network. > > >From the machine itself, I access the internet and it dials whenever the > > connection is needed however, from the hosts on my network I cannot access > > the ne

Re: kernel update RPM

2000-07-26 Thread Lee Howard
In general, the naming scheme is as follows: packagename-version.release.build-identifier Or something like that... everything in the -identifier field is for the compiler's information, to distinguish one compile from another (maybe to indicate the patch version?). Most people don't use that -

Re: Glitch in gpm update?

2000-07-26 Thread Lee Howard
No glitch, just maybe a bad assumption. the gpm update worked fine for me, no errors, but I have qt-2.0.1-5 installed. If you don't have qt-2.0.1 installed, then I wouldn't worry about the warning messages. Lee Howard At 05:48 PM 7/26/00 -0700, you wrote: >Greetings. I just got a note from [

kernel update RPM

2000-07-26 Thread Rich Gibbs
A newbe question, I have just updated to the kernel-2.2.16-3 using the RPM, and that went fine, so I thought I would build a custom kernel, so I downloaded the source RPM, and I can build it fine, but the kernel version is 2.2.16, ie. it does not have the -3. I noticed a number of patch files in

Re: RH 6.2 pthreads problem -- H E L P

2000-07-26 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 02:54:18AM -0400, Charles Galpin wrote: > Fred > > I have no experience with threads under Linux. However, it might just be > that 'strncmp' is not thread safe. I can't tell from the man linux man > page, but I'm used to the solaris man pages which show the thread safety,

Re: atapi tape drive

2000-07-26 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 03:04:59AM -0400, Charles Galpin wrote: > not much help, but > > what does 'mt -f /dev/nht0 status' return? > Have you tried a different tape (i have had tapes go bad) > > hth > charles > > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Rick Knebel wrote: > > > I am trying to use my atapi tape

Re: Capturing output > doesn't work

2000-07-26 Thread Vidiot
>the error message is being printed to the stderr stream. Use this >syntax instead: > >perl -w frank >& test.file > >BTW: This syntax is bash specific. If you're using a csh derivative, >it works slightly differently. >Steve Borho Voice: 314-615-6365 The >& is csh syntax

Re: Capturing output > doesn't work

2000-07-26 Thread Steve Borho
On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 08:51:01PM -0400, Wes Owen wrote: > I am trying to capture the output of: > > perl -w frank > text.file > Can't open perl script "frank": No such file or directory > less text.file > > and text.file is empty. Instead of "Can't open perl script "frank": No > such file or

Capturing output > doesn't work

2000-07-26 Thread Wes Owen
I am trying to capture the output of: perl -w frank > text.file Can't open perl script "frank": No such file or directory less text.file and text.file is empty. Instead of "Can't open perl script "frank": No such file or directory" going to the file, it is outputted to the screen. Is there a

Glitch in gpm update?

2000-07-26 Thread Michael Hannon
Greetings. I just got a note from [EMAIL PROTECTED], suggesting that I upgrade my gpm package. It suggests downloading: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/gpm-1.19.3-0.6.x.i386.rpm I downloaded the file (for local redistribution) from priority.redhat.com and attempted to install it on

Re: high traffic sendmail alternatives?

2000-07-26 Thread Charles Galpin
check out postfix @ http://www.postfix.org, and the mailhelp archives @ http://moongroup.com for testimonials I think your requirements ordering is screwed, but not to worry because postfix will take care of them all. charles On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Jon Nichols wrote: > Hatters' > > > I have to

RE: [OT] 56K access

2000-07-26 Thread Jamin Collins
Sorry, I misread the intent behind the post. I thought he was looking for outbound access. Jamin W. Collins -Original Message- From: Rick Warner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 4:48 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [OT] 56K access Not quite. If you att

Re: high traffic sendmail alternatives?

2000-07-26 Thread Irwan Hadi
At 03:30 PM 7/26/00 -0700, you wrote: >Hatters' > > >I have to set up some linux/bsd boxen here that will be handling HUGE >amounts of email. Estimate is 3E06 email a day, spread out over about 10 >boxen. > >We were gonna go with sendmail, but I though I'd see if anybody on the >list had better ex

high traffic sendmail alternatives?

2000-07-26 Thread Jon Nichols
Hatters' I have to set up some linux/bsd boxen here that will be handling HUGE amounts of email. Estimate is 3E06 email a day, spread out over about 10 boxen. We were gonna go with sendmail, but I though I'd see if anybody on the list had better experience with other products before I committe

Rawhide Discussion List?

2000-07-26 Thread Michael J. McGillick
Evening: I just downloaded and installed the Red Hat 6.9 beta distribution from the rawhide ftp site. So far I'm quite impressed with some of the things I see were cleaned up and added for the upcoming 7.0 release. Nice job Red Hat. I have a few issues that appear to be bugs and/or changes tha

RE: [OT] 56K access

2000-07-26 Thread Rick Warner
Not quite. If you attach an standard 56K modem, attached to an analog line, to a Linux box then dial into that modem you will be limited to 33.6K connections. To do 56K connections you need digital. On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Jamin Collins wrote: > Any hardware modem and a Linux box should do the t

RE: [OT] 56K access

2000-07-26 Thread Jamin Collins
Any hardware modem and a Linux box should do the trip for you. Check out ftp://duke.eburg.com/pub/linux/init.firewall for a good start as far as NATing your LAN out to the Internet. Jamin W. Collins -Original Message- From: J. Carlos Cristobal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [OT] 56K access

2000-07-26 Thread Jake McHenry
We have a T1, only used for administration dial-up, run into a MAX com server and I believe 10 56k high speed modems. Very simple, the MAX box makes it even easier. Ascend makes the box, the modems are U.S.Robotics High Speed, Rack Mounted, Modems. Pretty slick, and fast, setup. jake On Wed, 2

[OT] 56K access

2000-07-26 Thread J. Carlos Cristobal
Hello: Sorry about the Off-Topic. I need to know about equipment to give 56k modem access to my LAN. Any info is welcomed. Thanks. -- --- J. Carlos Cristobal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soporte Tecnico a Sistema

Re: Perl 5.6

2000-07-26 Thread Chuck Milam
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Pete Lancashire wrote: > Its getting harder to stay with the 5.0x versions. Whats the best way > to upgrade Perl to 5.6 ? Or, another question: Where is the Rawhide/Blue Sky RPM for Perl 5.6? -- Chuck Milam [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: DNS and MX records

2000-07-26 Thread Greg Wright
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 26/07/00 at 13:33 Jeff Graves wrote: >When you send mail to a domain I assume that the MX record gets >cached so if you were going to switch out mail servers you should >have them running side by side for about a day right? Nope, just move one out,

DNS and MX records

2000-07-26 Thread Jeff Graves
When you send mail to a domain I assume that the MX record gets cached so if you were going to switch out mail servers you should have them running side by side for about a day right? Or does your client DNS do a fresh MX record lookup when sending mail? Thanks, Jeff -- To unsubscribe: mail [E

vmware - read my .iso image

2000-07-26 Thread Jon Nichols
'Hatters; I finally got a copy of vmware, and want to run win98 under it. I have made an .iso image of my win98cd (my cd drive is crap, so I cant really use the actual cd). I can mount the .iso image thru loopback, and it looks great. But I cant successfully tell vmware to use it as a cd. Has a

Perl 5.6

2000-07-26 Thread Pete Lancashire
Its getting harder to stay with the 5.0x versions. Whats the best way to upgrade Perl to 5.6 ? If letting CPAN do it, what are the replies to the install questions ? TIA, -pete -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

sendmail?

2000-07-26 Thread J. Carlos Cristobal
Hello! I need to add some lines to every mail that goes out through my server, can sendmail do that? Any idea how to do this? Thanks in advance... -- --- J. Carlos Cristobal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soporte Tecnico a Siste

NIS users cannot logon on console

2000-07-26 Thread Ron Campbell
users in the NIS passwd map cannot login from the console. The following occurs in /var/log/messages Jul 26 14:57:05 bantry gdm[1013]: gdm_auth_user_remove: /home/rc is not owned by uid 0. Jul 26 14:57:05 bantry gdm[1013]: gdm_auth_user_remove: Ignoring suspiciously looking cookie file /home

Re: Cannot read Gnome xterms on a SiS 6326 video card

2000-07-26 Thread Peter Kiem
Hi Jamin, > Are you talking about Regular XTerm or GNOME terminal? If you're talking > about the GNOME terminal there is an option under Settings -> Preferences to > set your colors. Yeah I spent ages trying out combinations in that. Actually all 3 term apps under Gnome do the same thing so it

Re: Cannot read Gnome xterms on a SiS 6326 video card

2000-07-26 Thread Peter Kiem
> This was an issue with the 6.1 release of Xfre86. If you upgrade to > RedHat 6.2 or to the Xfree86 Binaries from 6.2, your problem WILL be > fixed. I have used many of these cards in machines and they run great > with the newer X. Good luck. Ahhh thank you Kevin, I just KNEW I wasn't going n

RE: protection fault in kernel

2000-07-26 Thread Jim Ewaka
I am having a very similar problem with a RH 6.2 box that I am working on now. After doing some research we are investigating possible memory (RAM) hardware issues. Also you might want to check out /usr/src/linux/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt I was doing some reading in /usr/src/linux/Document

RE: Cannot read Gnome xterms on a SiS 6326 video card

2000-07-26 Thread Jamin Collins
Are you talking about Regular XTerm or GNOME terminal? If you're talking about the GNOME terminal there is an option under Settings -> Preferences to set your colors. Jamin W. Collins -Original Message- From: Peter Kiem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:13 AM To

Re: Cannot read Gnome xterms on a SiS 6326 video card

2000-07-26 Thread Kevin Wood
This was an issue with the 6.1 release of Xfre86. If you upgrade to RedHat 6.2 or to the Xfree86 Binaries from 6.2, your problem WILL be fixed. I have used many of these cards in machines and they run great with the newer X. Good luck. Kevin Wood Peter Kiem wrote: > > I just installed a new

Re: Init problems. - solved

2000-07-26 Thread Bob Hartung
Managed to find the error - mine of course. Proof reading to find one's own typos is the hardest! Thanks to the responders! Bob Bob Hartung wrote: > > Hi, > This is a repost of the other day. > > Situation: New install RH 6.2 with custom recompile for ipchains and > masquerade. > > Probl

Cannot read Gnome xterms on a SiS 6326 video card

2000-07-26 Thread Peter Kiem
I just installed a new Red Hat 6.1 workstation with X and Gnome and for once had a bit of trouble getting X to configure properly. It's running a SiS 6326 video card and after playing in Xconfigurator I managed to get X to run in 16bpp 1024x768. My problem is that no matter what xterms I open I

protection fault in kernel

2000-07-26 Thread Rodrigo Moya
Hi all! I've installed RH linux in a hand-made computer (IDE disk, 4 serial ports, parallel port, no floppy drive, no network) and am having a protection fault randomly. I guess it is because of the hardware (the people who did this computer use their feet instead of their brain to think), but I'

Re: How to back-up my box

2000-07-26 Thread kerem unal
Hello Again, the only thing is that i have to change the hard drives also So what can I do to back-up my files ? Is there an easy way or do I have to copy all my homes and special softwares to an other unix machine that we have iat my work ??? thanks, Kerem **

Re: ip-up?

2000-07-26 Thread Charles Galpin
just curious. If using dhcp and your IP changes, does ip-up.local get called too? On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Lee Howard wrote: > Here's my ip-up.local script which e-mails me the new IP each time it > connects. It's associated with a bigger set of scripts I call inetfeeler, > so that's what inetfeele

Files essential for upgrading to KDE2

2000-07-26 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi all people, Lot of thanks for providing me detail advice. Stephen -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: atapi tape drive

2000-07-26 Thread Charles Galpin
not much help, but what does 'mt -f /dev/nht0 status' return? Have you tried a different tape (i have had tapes go bad) hth charles On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Rick Knebel wrote: > I am trying to use my atapi tape drive with RedHat 6.2 > > If I issue the command mt -f /dev/nht0 rewind nothing hap