Disk performance and SWAP file location

I wouild like to optimize my partitioning scheme Example A space a b swap(center of drive) c d Example B a b swapc d Example C a b c

Problem with set_rtc_mmss

I get messages on my dual pII-233 running 2.2.18pre21 SMP.   Are these messages bad, and how do I fix?   I run ntpd.   Thanks,   Walter

sendmail weirdness at boot

sendmail seems to start fine on my freshly installed slink system, stock 2.0.36 kernel, but whenever mail is sent, sendmail rejects with relaying denied. after stopping(/etc/init.d/sendmail stop) and starting(...), all weirdness goes away. Any ideas? Thanks, Walter L. Preuninger II

New Building Voice/Data Recommendations

cat 5 or enhanced cat 5 cable need to be shielded and in a seperate conduit? Thanx for any ideas/opinions/recommendations, Walter L. Preuninger II

Spellcaster BRI card and friends...isdnutils etc

I have got an old spellcaster datacommute/bri, and cant seem to get it going with kernel 2.0.34 and the isdnutils package. I believe the firmware is 1.51. I get ioctl failed whenever i try to set the switch type(-w) or spid's(-s) or phone number (-d) Any ideas? Thanks

Multiport Ethernet Cards

es in a box (it will only be a Pentium II Dual 450). Thank for any advice or pointers you may have. Walter L. Preuninger II L I N U X -- Where You Will Want To Be Walter L. Preuninger II.vcf Description: Binary data

RE: SATAN .deb?

What about tripwire? Its packaged? I thought Developers were required to show picture id and all... Just my 1/20 of 1 cent. Walter L. Preuninger II > -Original Message- > From: Bill Wohler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 1998 12:50 PM > To: Thoma

RE: Problems mounting CD.

ocessors ;) Walter L. Preuninger II

generic sendmail problem(relaying not allowed)

nit.d/sendmail at boot pick up the correct sendmail configuration? TIA Walter L. Preuninger II

Hamm and Ftape3.04

e] release! Walter L. Preuninger II [EMAIL PROTECTED] L I N U X What You Should Be Using -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

RE: 440LX Support

> On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 07:55:18AM -0500, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote: > > My new computer has the 440LX chipset, and it seems that there > > are alot of pci devices that are unknown to Debian 1.3.1 and 1.3.1.r6 > > I can begin to load linux by booting the CD, and ever

440LX Support

(status=0xd0) The pci device 8086:7111 appears to be the IDE controller. Where can I pick up some boot disks that support this chipset? Thanks, Walter L. Preuninger II -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

botched hamm(after freeze) upgrade

to be delivered locally. Also, there are multiple invocations of sendmail/procmail. I am not including versions, I just want to know if others are having this trouble. Thanks -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROT

Re: Sendmail/fetchmail problems?

busy... a pentium 100 with 40M. Basically all i do is irc and read mail, and maybe a little web browsing I have been running 2.0.32 for about 1 month now... Thanks for the quick response! Walter -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL

Sendmail/fetchmail problems?

3.10.7-2Versatile e-mail processor. ii sendmail8.8.8-9 A powerful mail transport agent. Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] L I N U X Where

Non Debian Specific Network Security question

so, I assume that ms outlook(i know, i know) will have to be configured to use xyz.com as the senders address. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance! -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROT

RE: Help!! --/dev/ttyS0 input overflow error --

using this?? I began to get these on one of my systems, I disabled the com port in the bios and added a serial card... works fine now. The office building is very supceptable to close lightning strikes, and I presume emf is inducing current into the serial/mouse lines, frying it :( -- Walter L

NAGLE disabled in Config.in

no longer applicable? - -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] L I N U X Where You Really Should Be! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0

ISDN and SMP?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I recently purchased spellcaster isdn cards, and it seems that Babylon(their isdn4linux, sorta) does not want to run on smp kernels. Does anyone know if isdn4linux runs/works with smp kernels? Thanks, - -- Walter L. Preuninger II

I/O error on iso fs

/write. I also have a phillips CDD-2600 setting in a box, just in case things dont go good. Not that anyone cares, but I'll be at Usenix San Antionio, Texas the 26th and 27. Thanks - -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROT

/etc/profile and set -o vi

before I upgraded to unstable, set -o vi, which was in my /etc/profile worked. Now, I have to manually do a set -o vi after getting logged in. Any ideas? -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Stupid Question: bridgeing/routing

I have a 486/66 8M with 4 ne2k clones in it. What does the bridging code get me? Every machine on each of the subnets can see every other machine right now with just the basic routing table? Is it a performance issue? Thanks -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo

Dreamware: encrypted tcpip?

ow for the lappie :) -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I N U X Where You Really Should Be! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mai

directory with pkgs in 5-6 howto

I have looked, and cant find it, but thats normal for me I think. Is there a directory that contains only the files mentioned in the Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO. For example: ldso_1.9.6-2.deb libc6_2.0.5c-0.1.deb, et cetera... Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger II

tripwire segfaults

) Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994 Purdue Research Foundation By Gene Kim, Eugene Spafford The config file is the default one installed with the package. My system is current from stable, 2 days ago. Help, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo

Is the trident 9685 supported in X?

I ordered a 9680 but they sent me a 9685. Before I install it, I would like to know if its going to work. I see support for the 96xx, but would like to know of anyone with experience with this chipset. kernel 2.0.30 and the current svga x server from stable. Thankx, -- Walter L. Preuninger II

[OFFTOPIC] cpu idle time

? AIX 3.2.5 has an additional field for the cpu percentages, called wait(ing for io) Is there any need to know this bit of info? -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp

Is the list working, or check that hub!

I recieved about 30 items yesterday, and have not recieved any since. -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I N U X Where You Really Should Be! -- TO

Implementing callback

ss. I have tried a couple chatscripts but after the login prompt and response is sent, the ATA is never seen, and thus, the call is never answered. As a side note, can windows/95 establish a connection like this? -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.o

route does not show all networks by name

192.160.0.64 I feel this has some thing to do with my subnet mask of 255.255.255.224, so what do i do? Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I

Implementing callback

en, and thus, the call is never answered. As a side note, can windows/95 establish a connection like this? -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I N U X

route does not show all networks by name

192.160.0.64 I feel this has some thing to do with my subnet mask of 255.255.255.224, so what do i do? Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I

Is something wrong with debian-user?

I have not recieved anything in 3 days. I have submitted 2 items which appear to have gone ok, and yesterday I resubscribed. Thanks -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp

xntpd/clock/adjtimex questions

network. Insights, comments, or instructions will be greatly appreciated. -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I N U X Where You Really Should Be!

AutoPPP/mgetty questions

, which of these do I need on the client side? auth +pap login name (and any more?) If worse comes to worse, I will drop back to script based, but, again, If it works for microsoft, it should work for Linux also. - -- Walter L. Preuninger II

Multiple PPP Configurations

call me back, bringing up a ppp connection? Which is more preferable, PAP or CHAP? Does PAP/CHAP eliminate the need for callback(for security reasons)? Thanks, - -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

pgp and mail readers

types?) Thanks - -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I N U X Where You Really Should Be! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2

[Update] Re: program fails on debian, runs on redhat

clump 13:16:59 (00:00:07) processes running: 11166 11167 11168 11169 All processes have exited. Dead002: 10 procs of test clump 13:17:08 (00:00:09) processes running: 11190 11192 11193 11194 11195 11196 11201 11202 11204 11205 All processes have exited. % -- Walter L. Preuninger II

Re: program fails on debian, runs on redhat

On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote: > > I am testing the new database library from SleepyCat Software, available > > which provides routines found in libdb-1.85, plus locking and > > transactions. > > > > Can anyone provides some ideas? I would l

program fails on debian, runs on redhat

is 1.3.1 Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp [EMAIL PROTECTED] L I N U X Where You Really Should Be! -- TO

libdb questions

couple of linux distributions. I would like to hear from anyone that has gotten the deadlock test to run or fail. Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L

X Problem? More Info

more related to afterstep and not sattrack? Any Ideas? -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I N U X Where You Really Should Be! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

X problem?

for about 1/2 second. Any Ideas? -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rapidramp.com/~walterp L I N U X Where You Really Should Be! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

Signal 11... Its Back

I recently recieved my i-Connect Debian 1.3 cd (binary only), and recieved the signal 11 internal error in cc1. gcc is 2.7.2.1-8 kernel source is 2.0.30 This happens on a P166 with 48M and a P100 with 16M. Both of these systems compile kernels just fine under Debian 1.1. Ideas? -- Walter L

problems with xanim

change to get xanim to run at 32 bpp? or should I report it to bug-track? Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://walterp.rapidramp.com Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key, or visit my web

10BT cables and lightning

a 16 port concentrator died recently due to a very close lightning strike. Would running the cable thru some metal conduit protect me? Are there devices similar to surge suppresors for ethernet cables? Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#un

problem with popclient in daemon mode

I was running popclient -d 900 on my Debian Linux 1.1 system, and after upgrading to 1.2 (and now to 1.3) popclient will start up at invocation, but dies. Am I missing something simple? -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED

Does bsd_comp have to be loaded before a ppp link comes up?

or can it be loaded (and benefit gained) after the link is up? -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://walterp.rapidramp.com Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key, or visit my web page

Routing Questions

nux --- ------ | --- linux | .30 .62 .94 | --- Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Re: New Package Manager Lib

[packages] may be committed, which makes them permanent on the system. They can also be applied, which allows removal in case of problems, reverting back to the [old] committed software. Of course, it would be nice to be able to commit the applied packages. :) -- Walter L. Preuni

Converting ascii to ebcdic, and vice versa

ion tables, but that is a last resort. Any ideas? TIA -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://walterp.rapidramp.com L I N U X Where You Will Want To Be!

Re: what is frcode?

t; there, and its meaning ? [[[BIG SMILEY :-) ]]]. No, just the good ones :) -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://walterp.rapidramp.com L I N U X Where You Will Want To Be!

More shared lib stuff

o.1 => libdl.so.1.8.8 libbtree.so.1 => libbtree.so.1.0 etc. I have tried various combinations of -shared in gcc and ld. What did I do wrong? Again, TIA -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://

Another shared lib question

foo is about to return x to a when program b calls foo, setting x to something else Does this make sense? TIA, -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://walterp.rapidramp.com L I N U X

suggestion for dselect

tcpd work correctly, for the irc connects. If you have a solution for this problem, let me know. So, reject the newest version, and reapply the old(saved?) one? Thanks, P.S. oh, I would like to help the debian project. What can I do?! -- Walter L. Preuninger II

Re: IMPORTANT: RSA Data Security Challenge participants please read

, I am running a client compiled for aix 3.2.5 (RS6K 370) 1MKeys in 37 seconds... just better than a p100. Should I chalk that one up for an ibm/aix group? All the win95 clients... you want microsoft to get credit for them? Just Wondering, Walter L. Preuninger II -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

suggestion for dselect

t can I do?! -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://walterp.rapidramp.com L I N U X Where You Will Want To Be! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "u

tcpd and new net package

tle bit to let me catch on on my mail, INBOX has 3900 items. Thanks -- Walter L. Preuninger II waldo @ irc.wasteland.org:#unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://walterp.rapidramp.com L I N U X Where You Will Want To Be! -- TO UNSUBS

syslog errors

12 13:39:47 walterp syslogd: select: Bad file number Jan 12 13:40:17 walterp last message repeated 140355 times I cant find anything wrong with /etc/syslog.conf, and finally have my system set up the way I like, so I dont want to reload. Please help! Thanks, Walter L. Preuninger II -- TO

talk problems? Have I seen this before?

talkd[893]: recv: Socket operation on non-socket Jan 10 19:31:34 walterp last message repeated 48669 times Jan 10 19:33:55 walterp in.ntalkd[903]: connect from 199.233.164.225 netbase is 2.06-1 and netstd is 2.08-1 Pointers, anyone? Walter L. Preuninger II -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST

postgres95(postmaster errors)

' is not an ELF file postmaster: can't load library 'libbsd.so.1.0.0' What can I do? Thanks, Walter L. Preuninger II -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xdm woes

. Walter L. Preuninger II -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Travan Tape Drive Problems

On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote: > Hi Dan -- > You said: > > On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote: > > > The tapedrive is identified in win95 as a QIC3020. > > > > This is a SCSI tape drive. (I've seen it ONCE as IDE although..

Re: Travan Tape Drive Problems

On 5 Nov 1996, Guy Maor wrote: > "Walter L. Preuninger II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ok, i need to back up that 9GB disk drive. My system has an Eagle(Exabyte) > > tape drive. The cartridge has TR3 on it. 95 seems to save files to a tape. > > I c

Travan Tape Drive Problems

source (2.0.24), and did not see anything relating to GAT in the setup. The bios is award flash bios, dated 8/7/96 (or somewhere close) Everything but the kernel came from The infomagic august 96. Thanks for listen to me ramble, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo on #unix at

Networking woes (Detailed & Long)

serving as its own caching dns server. I appreciate any thoughts you may have, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo on #unix at irc.wasteland.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://walterp.rapidramp.com> L I N U X --- Where you will want to be! --

Debian 1.1 and 8GB hard disks

the system is completely installed, and then fdisk/mke2fs the big drive? A prompt response would be greatly appreciatied, as monday is going to be here soon. Thanks, -- Walter L. Preuninger IIwaldo on #unix at irc.wasteland.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://walterp.

program cc1 got fatal signal 6

0 => libreadline.so.2.0 libncurses.so.3.0 => libncurses.so.3.0 libm.so.5 => libm.so.5.0.5 libc.so.5 => libc.so.5.2.18 libdl.so.1 => libdl.so.1.7.14 If there is any more info, please let me know. I am not sure that my mail is configured properly, so reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks In Advance, Walter L. Preuninger II