Re: which redhat 9 to buy: personal or professional?

What does IMNSHO mean? On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Edward Dekkers wrote: > Gary Nielson wrote: > > > gotcha on the 8 vs 9. i won't go there then. i did go to redhat's site and > > that's why i posted here. i guess the professional discs offer more office > >

Re: which redhat 9 to buy: personal or professional?

003, Edward Dekkers wrote: > Gary Nielson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am finally upgrading from redhat 6.2. I am a serious home user, running > > a website etc. on my home machine and I am trying to figure out what more > > I get with the professional version over

which redhat 9 to buy: personal or professional?

Hi, I am finally upgrading from redhat 6.2. I am a serious home user, running a website etc. on my home machine and I am trying to figure out what more I get with the professional version over the personal of redhat 9. Is the additional documentation worth it? What more do I get by spending an add

Question about automatic fsck every X times

Is there a file I can look into that will tell me how many more reboots before the filesystems are checked with fsck? I know my system checks every six months or every 20 reboots, but how is that set and where can you see the counter? Also, if you have a bad shutdown and when you boot up fsck ch

occasional dhcp problem on startup

Occasionally, when I reboot my Linux box, I am unable to connect to the Internet via my cable modem during the startup process. As redhat runs through starting up all the services, dhclient can find no DHCPOFFERS, can't get a working lease and I am unable to ping anywhere. Modem appears to be opera

HELP: Different versiosn of netscape load under different users

I just installed Netscape 7.02 for Linux. I created a new directory for it, since I like keeping the older versions, like 4 and 6, on my drive. I installed as root on my Redhat 6.2 machine and then ran ./netscape from within the directory I installed it as root. It came up just fine. Then I changed

openssh version, scanssh, protocol 2 questions

Yesterday I noticed a new message in my messages log file, an sshd entry saying that I'd been "scanned" from an IP with SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper. Don't panic." followed by "Did not receive identification string from" an ip address. Using google, I see that people are using scanssh and that ther

RealAudio dies after an hour or two

I am trying to figure out why, after an hour or two, RealAudio8 for Linux just terminates. I am running KDE 1.1.2 on a Redhat 6.2 system, Linux 2.2.14, and I'll be listening to an Internet radio station for awhile and then, all of a sudden, the music stops and I look all over the desktop and find

Re: Help understanding core dumps, shared library probs, out ofmemory

Hi there! No glibc upgrade here. Nothing of note has changed. Gary On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, ABrady wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:13:31 -0500 (EST) > Gary Nielson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > > > I am running a Valinux Redhat version 2.2.14-5.0.14b. My system was &g

Help understanding core dumps, shared library probs, out of memory

I am running a Valinux Redhat version 2.2.14-5.0.14b. My system was running for 21 days continuously. Tonight, I was using Netscape-Communicator when my machine started behaving erratically. I had to kill Netscape from the command prompt, and there were 3 Netscape processes running. Every time I t

Question about configure and make

-1.1.0.tar.gz'? n cp: src: omitting directory cp: tools: omitting directory make: *** [install] Error 1 -- Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Rsync permission denied error when opening dirs and readingfiles

I want to thank you. Making the changes you suggested worked great. On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Gary Nielson wrote: > > > I am setting up rsync to copy files from one computer on my network to > > another. It works great when I run t

Looking for digital camera recommendation

ord images. An inexpensive one that uses floppies would be great. Any suggestions? -- Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Rsync permission denied error when opening dirs and reading files

the client machine? -- Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Problem with syslogd, high cpu usage and huge logfile

00 21 45 00 00 3C ...!E..< > > Jan 15 21:04:19 localhost kernel: 00 CC 40 00 40 06 6F 24 ..@.@.o$ > > > > ___ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.

Re: Problem with syslogd, high cpu usage and huge logfile

t mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Problem with syslogd, high cpu usage and huge logfile

appening again? Any advice, suggestions, pointers to information to reach on how to track what might be the cause of this changed behavior would be much appreciated. Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Drive Imaging

Flory wrote: > Samuel Flory wrote: > > > In any event. Wouldn't it be easier to do a "cp -ax / /mnt/tmp"? > > Sure you could use a complex tar or cpio command, but why? > > > opps should be "cp -ax / /home /mnt/tmp" > -- Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTEC

Server performance with exec cgi vs. includes

appreciated. -- Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Perl CGI problem importing quotation marks into form

Hi, I noticed a problem with a cgi script I am writing that generates a form. The user fills out the form, the contents of which I use in other programs. If the user wants to edit her form, she simply later calls up the script using the query string environment variable tacked on to the end of th

Quick question about sort and large files

I think I have this right, but before I run it on a 53-meg text file, I want to make sure. On a test of about a dozen lines, it seems to work just fine. I need to sort a file that is 456,193 lines long. People were allowed to enter a contest, but not more than once a day. Their names and the dat

Gnome and KDE xterms with profile and bashrc

Hi, Quick question: I am trying to understand why when I make changes to my .bash_profile and/or .bashrc files for individual users, these environmental changes will appear under KDE when I use eterm, but not with the Gnome or other xterm programs. Are there other files I need to edit? I thought

Looking for perl url redirect script

Does anyone know of a script like this one listed below that would be in perl and run under Unix? I am trying to find a way to do this, but this executable is for NT. http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/cgirdir.htm ___ Redhat-list mai

How to delete duplicate headlines in perl with HTML::TokeParser

Hi, I am trying to figure out how to do something and frankly, don't know where to begin. I am using the perl module HTML::TokeParser to extract a list of urls and headlines. I then get rid of those headlines that are garbage, but several times a day the same story comes over with a different url

Questions about mounting filesystem, groups and permissions

I am trying to understand how to deal with users, groups and permissions with directories that are mounted via nfs from a remote server. I am mounting a subdirectory under Irix 6.5, using the xfs filesystem, from Redhat 6.2. The uid and gids mean different things on the remote Irix box, so I am

Re: Questions about changing umask setting in /etc/profile

Thanks. Questions below: On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, rpjday wrote: > On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I need to make a system-wide change so that every user when creating a > > file will have it set to rw-rw. So the umask setting would be

Questions about changing umask setting in /etc/profile

Hi, I need to make a system-wide change so that every user when creating a file will have it set to rw-rw. So the umask setting would be 007. I understand that by changing the setting in /etc/profile, it will go into effect system wide for all current and new users. Is that right? Does this h

Linuxconf and group definitions permissions question

preciated. Linux version 2.2.14-6.1.1smp and linuxconf-1.17r2. Gary Nielson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Perl advice on importing file contents until certain point

I am having trouble figuring out how to grab the contents of a text file up until the first "" and then exit the operation and am needing some advice on how to approach this. I basically want to inhale a file until it hits the first and then exit. Whatever I am attempting isn't working. For examp

Re: Help figuring out a weird UPS problem

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Julian Thomas wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/21/2000 > > at 02:08 PM, Gary Nielson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >Suspecting that perhaps there was a conflict between the modem and the > >cable running from thte UPS to the s

Help figuring out a weird UPS problem

I recently bought an APC Backup UPS Pro 650 for my Pentium III 600, with 2 20 gig internal IDE hard drives, a CD-RW drive, 256 megs of RAM and an internal 56Kbps V.90 PCI modem. I am running RedHat 6.2 and APC's powerchuteplus-4_5_2-1_i386.rpm with a special cable provided by APC to run between th

Terminal parameters: input/output error question

I have my new machine, running Redhat 6.2 under Linux version 2.2.14-5.0.14b, set up to automatically dial out via ppp whenever I start up my computer. It's through an internal 56k modem. The dialout is done through a cron job. I've noticed occasionally when I turn on the machine that when the pp

Re: X Server for Windows

I would look at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ for something that is like PCAnywhere, but it's free. Ray Parish wrote: > What do you recommend for an X server for Windows to connect via an X > session on my Linux Box? > thanks > Ray > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsu

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

Mmm, I just went there and there is nothing to download and the link for anonymous ftp produces an error. Is there actually something to download yet. I notice Linuxcare's Business Card can be downloaded and appears to do the same thing. Gary "Steven W. Orr" wrote: > Your best best bet is the l

Question about fsck message

The last two times fsck has run (automatically every 20th time I boot up) it has done some work on the root file system on the /tmp directory. Why is it needing to work on the /tmp directory with the following messages noted and is there something I need to do to correct something so that fsck wil

Re: Gnome messed up writing to cds!

Yes, I did try it and it gave me the same problem in Gnome. John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > > I justed to update people on the list about what I've discovered about my > > problems with running cdrecord on my new Linux box. At first, I had n

Gnome messed up writing to cds!

s and scsi card timeout errors in my /var/log/message file? I would love to hear what people think. Gary On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > &g

Re: Help: cdrecord i/o scsci error

On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just got a new va linux system and successfully configured cdrecord to > > write cds. I am using this to back up data in my home directory. The last > > t

Help: cdrecord i/o scsci error

Hi, I just got a new va linux system and successfully configured cdrecord to write cds. I am using this to back up data in my home directory. The last two cd's I've tried to create with cdrecord have produced an error message I do not understand. Can someone help explain what is going on and what

Re: Leaving the computer on

I have one question about this 24/7 situation. I would love to just leave my pc on all the time. In our area, Charlotte, NC, this is thunderstorm season. Now, I have my computer and modem line running through a UPS. If I leave my pc on all the time with a UPS, and the UPS gets hit by lightning, ha

Question about mkisofs, cdrecord and RR_MOVED

Hi, I just created my first data cd using mkisofs and cdrecord. I noticed something that I don't understand. When I view the cd -- a backup of my home directory -- on my Linux box, all the data seems to be in its proper place, though a new directory, /rr_moved/, is created -- that is empty. When

Re: Root partition disk full question

Mm, since I was backing up the entire drive, I was the super user at the time. I hope that did not eat up the 5%! On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, rpjday wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > > > I screwed up a long tar command and wound up writing a tarball into my > &

Root partition disk full question

I screwed up a long tar command and wound up writing a tarball into my root directory instead of one on a much larger partition, and it filled up that partition, producing a disk full error. I deleted the offending file and rebooted and the system appears to be working fine, no message log errors

Quick questions about cdrecord and CD-RW drives

I have a couple of quick questions about cdrecord and CD-RW drives. 1) To re-write to a CD-RW drive, I gather you must use the blank=all parameter. Must I issue this as a separate command like so before telling cdrecord to write the image to the disk: cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,6,0 blank=all

Getting find and tar to work together

I have been trying to create a tar command that will only tar up those files that have been modified in the last 24 hours. Following the man pages and some examples in some Linux books, I tried, using gnu tar and Redhat 6.2: find / -mtime -1 -fprint /tmp/tarfile.lst tar -cvz -T /tmp/tarfile.lst

Question about autofs and automount

I am running automount to automount a /misc directory and am getting an error. It's a default configuration used in my valinux 420 machine and from reading the man pages, I can not figure out why it isn't working. 1) automount is running, a ps ax | grep automount shows: 311 ?S 0:00

Re: apmd, autofs and startup

Thanks for your reply. I am curious with your Valinux machines, it's set up with /, /boot and /home on the first drive. The root partition is already 89% full. Are all the directories such as /var/ and /usr on there? How does that leave room if I want to load alot more appplications on my drive in

apmd, autofs and startup

I just bought a Valinux startx sp2 machine and noticed the following line when booting up: Start service autofs apmd[286] Charge : *** (-1% unknown) What does that mean? I do not understand why I need apmd with a desktop. The man page refers to batteries and suspend mode, more appropirate for a

Re: How to configure SCSI with CD-RW and HP SureStore

Thanks, Mikkel: Your reply was very helpful. I have a couple of "quick" questions below: On Mon, 29 May 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: > > > I have ordered a VA Linux 420 system with a 10x/4x/32x max CD-RW SCSI > > Driv

How to configure SCSI with CD-RW and HP SureStore

I have ordered a VA Linux 420 system with a 10x/4x/32x max CD-RW SCSI Drive and Narrow SCSI Kit. Right now I am running an old Dell Dimsension XPS Pro 200n with an external HP SureStore Tape 2000 with an AHA-2940 single PCI SCSI Intl. Having never had to deal with more than one SCSI device befor

Installation question when not on a network

Hi, This is probably a dumb question, but I've installed various versions of RedHat in the past and am getting ready to install it again. The installation process always assumes I have a network card and that I am going to be on a network. Well, I am going to be installing on a PC that does have

Re: Help with weird behavior when tarring to tape

I just posted a message to the redhat group but failed to include the actual error message: tar: Cannot open /dev/rst0: Operation not supported by devide tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now This goes to explain more the message below: This morning, as is my usual drill, I ran a script to

Help with weird behavior when tarring to tape

This morning, as is my usual drill, I ran a script to backup many of my directories to tape. It's tar cvf /dev/rst0 /home. Works great every time. This morning, however, I ran this command and nothing happened, the tape drive didn't do anything to indicate it had received the command and I got ta

Question about upgrading to 5.1

Hi, I installed 5.0 about six months ago and am loving it. I have a dumb newbie question or two about upgrading. How easy it is? I don't recall when I installed from the CD an easy way to upgrade. I would like to avoid a complete reinstall such that I would have to set up all my software again. W

Help clarify Y2K and Linux

Hi, I am new to this mailing list but have been reading the newsgroup postings on RedHat Linux compliance to the Year 2000. I was wondering if someone could help me clarify some of what I think I am hearing. Basically, I have an older Dell PC, 1993 vintage, that is not compliant. My understanding