RE: Email

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Paul VanDyke wrote: ::Good news!! I figured it out, I think... The problem appears to the email ::package that I'm sending mail from. I am using Novell Groupwise 5.2 at this ::address. I attaching to the Groupwise server w/ Out

Unidentified subject!

Hi all, I'm newish to the Linux world but am slowley making my way. I just would like to know how to set the background bitmap on X. Im using RH5.0 and Afterstep. I know its something to do with .xinitrc in my home directory but I'm not sure but is it something to do with xsetroot? TIA Russ

order for motif libs

I am trying to compile a motif program on my linux box (Redhat 5.1). I am getting some undefined reference errors for libXp.so and libXm.so even through I specify both -lXp and -lXm on the command line. Can anyone tell me what is the intended order of the following libs? Xm Xp X11 Xpm Xt Than

RE: Afterstep in 5.1

>On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 09:25:34AM -0500, Victoria Stanfield wrote: >> I upgraded my 5.0 system to 5.1, and it looks great. The only >> problem I see is that, whereas a newly installed system belonging >> to a friend has an Administration section (and others) under the &g

Re: Afterstep in 5.1

>>You can run "wmconfig". It generated these menus for me to add to my >>.fvwm2rc. I think there is an option for generating AfterStep config >>files. >> >>Howard I looked at wmconfig and it appears that it would work for previouse versions, but the new version off my 5.1 CD does things differe

Re: LUNA: Afterstep in 5.1

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, nearly comatose, Chris Frost managed to scribble: ::If you have access to their computer you can copy the entries ::yourself...but I'd bet that's not the real problem. When you did the ::upgrade, did you tell it to install the newer things (such as linuxconf)? :: I can't get

Afterstep in 5.1

I upgraded my 5.0 system to 5.1, and it looks great. The only problem I see is that, whereas a newly installed system belonging to a friend has an Administration section (and others) under the Afterstep start menu, my upgraded system does not. I want mine to include all these extras, but it seem

RE: xbru broken?

I had this same problem and found the answer by searching the archives at www.dejanews.com. For me the answer was to set the timezone variable. export TZ=CST It doesn't seem like it should make a difference, but it worked. The archives at dejanews are a life saver when you have a problem. T

re: motif

>I own Motif 2.0 for RH 4.2 >Now I upgraded to RH 5.0 and I cannot start Motif any more. >It just dumps core. >Is there any upgrade or do I have to buy a newer version ? > >bcd I had the same problem - after having bought Motif last December. I had to buy a new Motif (2.1) for use with Redhat 5.0

Windows Zip from Linux

Is there any way to unzip a file zipped with Windows PKZIP without having to boot into Windows. Sometimes I download files and then copy the unzipped file to a disk. I'd rather not have to reboot twice to accomplish the task and then get back to work in Linux. Have a good day! -Vicki

xlock: Can not get hostbyname

When I try to run xlock on my linux box, I get the following message: xlock: Can not get hostbyname I have asked this question before on the redhat list, but I don't believe I ever received an answer. I searched the archives at dejanews and found an answer in Italian but none in English. I nee

Re: Western Digital

>>Any replacements you're getting are old drives that may very well have been >>part of the run with the problem, and I'd recommend switching to something >>else. What? Does WD actually send you used drives as replacements? Or do you mean they send you the same size so they are technologically o

Re: Question on partitioning large drive (WIN95 + Linux)

Thanks to all who helped with my WIN95+LInux install on a 6.4GB drive. It turned out that the problem was just that / wasn't under the 1024 cylinder limit. I turned on LBA for the drive and got it to a total of 7?? cylinders, so that everything on the drive is below the limit. I would sware that

Re: Question on partitioning large drive (WIN95 + Linux)

Will someone please post a working dual-boot (Linux/win95) system's (drive near 6.4GB) output from df. That would at least allow me to know that the partitioning is right. Have a good day! -Vicki /// (. .) +

Re: Question on partitioning large drive (WIN95 + Linux)

:>#/mnt/sbin/lilo -r /mnt :>Warning: device 0x0305 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit :>geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (1249 > 1023) :># : :Interesting, this tells me you are trying to have lilo work with a :partition that is too big. The Linux boot partition can't be any bigger :than 1024 cy

Re: Question on partitioning large drive (WIN95 + Linux)

>You have to keep in mind how a PeeCee BIOS boots the system. It wants to >boot from the FIRST hard disk, which will be hda on the EIDE bus. It is the >ONLY disk that will have the MBR. Therefore, lilo need only write to that >disk. > >I know, this makes it real tough to make a MBR on a disk t

Question on partitioning large drive (WIN95 + Linux)

I have searched the archives at dejanews, but I can't come up with an answer. Not in English at least. I have a 6.4GB Maxtor hard drive that I want to move my current system to. My current system has a 1.6GB drive devoted to WIN95 and a 1.7GB drive devoted to REdhat 5.0. I have tried setting th

Re: 2.0.33 kernel, system hang?

I can add that I have been using 2.0.33 for several weeks now with no problems like you're describing. The only problems I've had have been due to bad RAM. Long ago, I had a problem like you're describing with a previous kernel, and it turned out to be that my Power Supply fan had died and the p

Re: Pipes Screensaver

My pipes screensver mystery is solved. First I began by using xlockmore instead of xlockmore-GL. Second, after I installed xlockmore-GL, I was looking for a file called /usr/X11R6/bin/pipes - like the other screensavers, but this file does not exist. So I have had pipes for the last few iterat

Re: Pipes screensaverZ

Rick, Thanks for the reply. I have Redhat 5.0, so I have newer versions of most of the required libs. I erased xlockmore and xlockmore-GL and resinstalled them. Still no pipes. I have everything else. The output from your rpm -ql xlockmore-GL didn't list any modes. Did you get pipes when you

Re: Pipes screensaver

:: It uses OpenGL (or MesaGL). You must have that installed first or :: the pipes (and other GL screensavers) wont be built. You should be :: able to get it from: :: :: Are the Mesa rpms which are in Redhat's contrib directory the same as what you mean? I h

Can not get hostbyname.

When I try to run xlockmore, I get the following error: xlock: Can not get hostbyname. A search of dejanews, brought up an Italian email of the same probleml, but I don't read Italian very well. I am running the xlockmore that came with Redhat 5.0. THis system was a clean install of 5.0. Can

Pipes screensaver

Everything that I've read about Xlockmore says it includes the pipes screensaver (like 3D pipes in WIN NT). It's not included when I install Xlockmore although some pretty cool screensavers are. Can anyone tell me if it is available for Linux? Have a good day! -Vicki

Re: Abit TX5 motherboard success ?

Thanks to all who helped. My problem turned out to be that the SCSI card was conflicting. And, one that perplexes me still, I had to use the new serial cable even though the old one worked when I took it out of the system. Between those two fixes and adding the mem line again, it all works.

Re: Lilo Ram Detection

On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, John C. Golovich III managed to scribble: ::I am unable to find information in regards to setting the amount of ::RAM in the lilo.conf. The machine detects 62mb of RAM when I know ::there is 124MB. :: ::I was under the impression that I could set the exact

Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry

On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, Mat Serwas managed to scribble: ::> 7. Your system crashes [don't tell RedHat doesn't]. Can you boot from ::> Syquest, Iomega, CD-rom removeables to reload the OS? :: ::Why not? It doesn't. ;) My systems never have crashed with Redhat. I also work w

Re: Appending to BRU

On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :: ::Hi, :: :: I'd like to know how to append to a BRU archive. I tried using -c, ::but my tape was overwritten, and that's not what I want. :: ::Thanks, ::Nikita :: :: ::-- :: PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARC

Re: Pine

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, David Brett managed to scribble: ::I am not sure I understand the the question is. I am using pine as well ::and the 'reply to' is set to the list. as listed below :: I think he's talking about something I've seen too. When I send a reply to something som

Re: Newbie. How to configure on Linux and Sun Mircosystems.

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, James Hartley managed to scribble: ::Dave Wreski wrote: :: ::I thought that someone out there would have the ability to expound the ::documentation ::into a more tutoral form. I can read, but I was hoping for a more cookbook type ::of solution ::so that I wo

Re: X question(s)

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ::'Lo, all... :: ::I keep getting error messages when using X stuff telling me that it ::couldn't allocate this or that colormap. :: ::Why can't it? What do I have to do to get rid of these messages. Try using startx -- -bpp 16 to get 16 bit color wh

Re: thanks, but no thanks

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, Rich Kulawiec managed to scribble: ::On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 09:01:40AM -0600, Victoria Stanfield wrote: ::> Your reply was both unnecessary and juvenile. The guy should have read ::> the manual. We all know that. :: ::I'm not sure *he* kne

Re: thanks, but no thanks

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, Rich Kulawiec managed to scribble: ::On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 01:49:24AM -, Mat Serwas wrote: ::> OK, I admit, I'm lazy, and didn't read the book. :: ::Then suffer. :: ::---Rsk ::Rich Kulawiec ::[EMAIL PROTECTED] :: :: ::-- :: PLEASE read the Red Hat F

Re: Is the list down?

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, nearly comatose, Richard E. Ravich managed to scribble: ::I haven't seen anything from this list in three days. Is it down? If ::anyone gets this message, please respond to me via email so that I will ::know. Thanks and regards, :: ::Richard E. Ravich

Re: Tapestor 8GB on Adaptec 1520B

, USA 61821 (217) 398-2060 x22 :: \\ / / ::\\ / :: \\/ :: ::On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Victoria Stanfield wrote: :: ::> If anyone has successfully configured a scsi Tapestor 4/8GB tape ::> on an Adaptec card, I could use some configuration information. ::> I made sure the settings on the drive were defau

Tapestor 8GB on Adaptec 1520B

If anyone has successfully configured a scsi Tapestor 4/8GB tape on an Adaptec card, I could use some configuration information. I made sure the settings on the drive were default (enable parity checking, enable active termination, and enable termination power). I tried to set the Adaptec up to m

scsi tape drive; which device

Is there a HOWTO somewhere that tells me which device to use for my scsi tape drive? I didn't see anything in the scsi howto. My card is an Adaptec 1520B and the drive is a Travan 4/8GB made by Seagate, although the scsi card sees it as "Conner 8000-S". Anyone got a source for info or want to _be

Re: parsing errors when compiling kernel

I never figured out what was causing the parsing errors, but I downloaded and installed kernel 2.0.33, and all is well now. Have a good day! -Vicki /// (. .) +=oOO-(_)-OOo==+

Parsing errors when compiling kernel

Hello. I am trying to recompile my kernel (which I have done before) and getting parsing errors. I am using make zlilo. I tried a second time and got the same errors. I reinstalled all of the kernel rpms (rpm -ihv --force) and tried again, and I got parsing errors again in a different file. I

GIMP Question

Hi. I have installed the GIMP rpms, but it does not allow me to open a GIF file. I get the message: Open failed: filename.gif I have read all the docs I can find about GIMP. Still I am left with a simple question: does the rpm version actually come without gif capability? And secondarily, do

How to tell modem speed

I asked this before when I was at Redhat 4.2 and was told that the connect speed gets written to the system logs when a connection is establised. (At least that's what I think was said.) On my newly upgraded 5.0 system, this doesn't seem to be happening. Can someone tell me how to determine th

Unidentified subject!

I'm thinking of replacing my 1.2 GB drive which is totally dedicated to Linux with a larger one. Can someone tell me the steps to do that in the most efficient manner?. I should have my tape drive, but since it is a Ditto 2GB internal, ftape support is intermittent; I seem to have to recompile t