Re: RH 6.1 tulip ethernet driver

1999-10-27 Thread Jeremy Katz
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Russell Steffen wrote: > Anyone else notice that RH6.1 (and apparently the official kernel sources > too) have an old version of the tulip ethernet driver. I can tell you from > experience that anyone who installs 6.1 on a system with a recent Linksys > card is for a mandator

RH 6.1 tulip ethernet driver

1999-10-27 Thread Russell Steffen
Anyone else notice that RH6.1 (and apparently the official kernel sources too) have an old version of the tulip ethernet driver. I can tell you from experience that anyone who installs 6.1 on a system with a recent Linksys card is for a mandatory scavenger hunt and kernel recompile. Russ -- Rus

Re: Available utilities in 'new' rescue mode

1999-10-27 Thread JF Martinez
> > JF Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > find alternate routes to introduce people to Project Independence, > > > since I won't recommend a distribution that I can't use myself. > > > Can you read? Then reread my previous posts and you will see how much > > I hate having vital sof

xinitrc

1999-10-27 Thread Alex Withers
Does anyone know what the purpose of obtaining $BROWSER is for in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc? Its always been there as long as I've used redhat (3.0.3) and I figure that its just never been removed. Alex -- "Sine Linuxa sum nihil" -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/

Re: Available utilities in 'new' rescue mode

1999-10-27 Thread Alan Shutko
JF Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > find alternate routes to introduce people to Project Independence, > > since I won't recommend a distribution that I can't use myself. > Can you read? Then reread my previous posts and you will see how much > I hate having vital software available o

Re: Available utilities in 'new' rescue mode

1999-10-27 Thread Bob Taylor
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, JF Martinez writes: [snip] > But I don't accept having a > thousand defenseless beginners getting a headache after seeing three > dozens of mail clients (bot console and X) and two hundred editors > jsut because a couple hardcore Unixers complained loudly about t

Re: Available utilities in 'new' rescue mode

1999-10-27 Thread JF Martinez
> > JF Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There are millions of Linux users coming from Windows who would hate > > such software. But these people are a silent majority who don't dare > > to tell their opinion because they lack self-confidence in front of > > the "experts". > > Theref

What is ppp-watch ?

1999-10-27 Thread Alex Kanavin
Why is the new mysterious ppp-watch utility used in Red Hat 6.1 ? It is called by ifup-ppp to set up and maintain dialup connection. Or, another way, what was wrong with the old script-only scheme ? I have not found a single mention of this program neither in Red Hat guides nor in the whole /usr/

Re: updated redhat distribution / installation cdroms

1999-10-27 Thread Nils Philippsen
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Alan Cox wrote: > > I have a box with OS/2, NT and Linux 6. I don't imagine RHL 6.1 will get > > anywhere near it; I'm sure it will stumble on OS/2 as well. > > It shouldnt, unless OS/2 and NT use the same partition type. They do. Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Vogelsangstras

Re: authoring manpages

1999-10-27 Thread Ingo Luetkebohle
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Andrew E. Mileski wrote: > Look at "an" as in "-man" I don't see any documentation for that either, just the macro file itself. but someone else pointed me to the Bell Labs Troff Users Manual, I hope its in there. -- Ingo Luetkebohle / 21st Century Digital B

Re: Available utilities in 'new' rescue mode

1999-10-27 Thread Jeremy Katz
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Alex Kanavin wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, John Summerfield wrote: > > > Perhaps we'll all be saved by DVD. I read that Toshiba's shipping DVD and > > not CD drives in all ots prtables RSN. presumambly by RHL 8.x a DVD distro > > will be an option. > > Until then - milti

Re: Available utilities in 'new' rescue mode

1999-10-27 Thread Alex Kanavin
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, John Summerfield wrote: > Perhaps we'll all be saved by DVD. I read that Toshiba's shipping DVD and > not CD drives in all ots prtables RSN. presumambly by RHL 8.x a DVD distro > will be an option. Until then - milti CD is the only way. What I actually wanted was an offici

Re: authoring manpages

1999-10-27 Thread Andrew E. Mileski
> Where can I find a troff macro description for manpages? AFAIK, it does not > use me, mm or one of the others but rather "mandoc". Look at "an" as in "-man" -- Andrew E. Mileski Software Engineer [OS Team Leader] Rebel.com http://www.rebel.com/ -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMA

authoring manpages

1999-10-27 Thread Ingo Luetkebohle
Where can I find a troff macro description for manpages? AFAIK, it does not use me, mm or one of the others but rather "mandoc". -- Ingo Luetkebohle / 21st Century Digital Boy dev/consulting Gesellschaft fuer Netzwerkentwicklung und -beratung mbH url: http://www.devconsult.de/ - f

Re: updated redhat distribution / installation cdroms

1999-10-27 Thread Alan Cox
> I have a box with OS/2, NT and Linux 6. I don't imagine RHL 6.1 will get > anywhere near it; I'm sure it will stumble on OS/2 as well. It shouldnt, unless OS/2 and NT use the same partition type. Alan -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Available utilities in 'new' rescue mode

1999-10-27 Thread John Summerfield
> Caldera did just that: drop from the main distrib those utilities they > thought were playing in second division. Read also that I told that Am I mistaken, or is Calder playing in the second division? if an utility had many users it should not be dropped. You could > reverse my proposition

Re: updated redhat distribution / installation cdroms

1999-10-27 Thread John Summerfield
> > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > soon. I have yet to install RH 6.1 (BTW, on the machine > > > with NT dual-boot :-)), but I heard several reports > > > on local mailing lists mentioning instability > > > > With dual boot NT you want to pick up the errata boot floppies > > > >