Re: netscape does not start immediately..

2000-01-17 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Arni Raghu wrote: > Hi, > When I am not dialed out netscape does not start immediately...it takes hell > of a long time to start...But the same when I am dialed out it starts up in > a second... > > Why this wierd behavior with netscape..?? Is is doing a dns lookup and w

Re: UPS question

2000-01-17 Thread Gustav Schaffter
Luca, Isn't there a powerchute version that would work for your setup? Try www.apc.com Regards Gustav Luca Capannesi wrote: > > Hello, > I need to connect an UPS (APC BACKUPS 650) with a SUN SPARCSATION 10 via > serial port; > the genpowerd and powerd softwares don't work correcly. > > Do y

scripts no longer work -- ones with arguments?

2000-01-17 Thread Paul R. Watkins
Why under RH6.1 why would my scripts fail to execute? rhmask is installed on my system. rhmask-- bash can't find 2nd argument. For example, I have scripts Configure and test.sh located in the /tmp directory. None of the following work: /tmp/Configure --- Configure has an argument -- c

AST fourport.. HOW TO???

2000-01-17 Thread on4hu
hello everybody i am completly a newcomer with linux RedHat 6.0 2.2.5-15 and franch speaking my four serials ports will not fonction..why? my computer is Intel pentium-II 400Mhz with com1 and com2 installed, no com3 nor com4 i have initialized with the following command the 4x serials as below

Re: RH 5.0 and 5.2 and 486's

2000-01-17 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 11:32:17PM -0500, Larry Mintz wrote: > Did Y2K effect anyone running RH Linux 5.0/5.2 on a 486 based system ? Not a 486, but a 386, but that's an old machine, too... :-) Yep, I had problems with a Dell 333P (386/33) running RHL 5.2. When I switched on for the first time

Re: AST fourport.. HOW TO???

2000-01-17 Thread Gustav Schaffter
Hi, You will have to run setserial for each port except ttyS0 and ttyS1. man setserial If you can wait until tonight, I may send you the script I execute to 'setserial' my STB fourport card. Pls, let me know. Regards Gustav on4hu wrote: > > hello everybody > > i am completly a newcomer with

Re: RH6.1 freezes on shutdown after killall

2000-01-17 Thread Claudiu Balciza
> > When I try to shut down my mailserver AMD K6-II/400, Soyo 5EH motherboard, > > ram 64MB, disk 30GB, RedHat 6.1, it freezes right after "starting killall". > > That means the UPS cannot protect the system on longer power failures. > > And the e2fsck on 30GB takes more time than my patience can

Re: cannot remote print

2000-01-17 Thread Enrico Payne
Hi, I too have a problem with remote printing, and when running lpc as root, typing in status at the prompt tells me that the lpd daemon is not present. Does the same happen for you? Please let me know. Regards Enrico -Original Message- From: Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PRO

Re: AST fourport.. HOW TO???

2000-01-17 Thread on4hu
At 11:10 17/01/2000 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >You will have to run setserial for each port except ttyS0 and ttyS1. > >man setserial > >If you can wait until tonight, I may send you the script I execute to >'setserial' my STB fourport card. Pls, let me know. > >Regards >Gustav Hello Gustav, yes i

Re: /dev/pts/0 vs. /dev/ttyp0

2000-01-17 Thread Eric Wood
Well, some application have a "/dev/ttyps" hardcorded as a path. They assumed it'll alway be /dev/ttyps3 for ever (at least for that version of the program). -Eric Wood -Original Message- From: Igmar Palsenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday,

Re: high-speed serial port (230400)

2000-01-17 Thread Eric Wood
I guess you'd do this if you're sending *highly* compressable data, ie text. What kind of modem is that and does it offer compression at that rate?? -eric wood -Original Message- From: Jose M. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[

Re: will mgetty block dial out??

2000-01-17 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Zaigui Wang wrote: > I am playing with mgetty. it seems like when I have that running, I have a > problem dialing out to my ISP? It is locking the modem device. I can't remember how I solved this. Check the manual. Igmar -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: MySql or postgresql

2000-01-17 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 10:52:32PM -0800, Rahim Valiani wrote: : I have rh 6.1. But I am not sure if there is an easy way to get mysql : functionality into my version of apache. Can I install an rpm for this? Apache doesn't talk to MySQL, unless you're talking about mod_auth_mysql or mod_log_mysq

gtoaster

2000-01-17 Thread gpt Guillermo Pastor Torrente
Hi! Has anbody used gtoaster to burn CDs with RG6.1?? I'm having SCSI error (CHECK ERROR 0x2 or sth like that) when trying to generate multisession CD Thank You -- Guillermo Pastor Torrente (Tecnología y métodos.) Tel: 34 91 655 94 55 Fax: 34 91 676 46 76 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe

Re: UPS question

2000-01-17 Thread Afanassy Thompson
> "lc" == Luca Capannesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: lc> Hello, lc> I need to connect an UPS (APC BACKUPS 650) with a SUN SPARCSATION 10 via lc> serial port; lc> the genpowerd and powerd softwares don't work correcly. lc> Do you know a software or a patch that would work correctly? Sure, g

Re: gtoaster

2000-01-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, gpt Guillermo Pastor Torrente wrote: > I'm having SCSI error (CHECK ERROR 0x2 or sth like that) when trying to > generate multisession CD No, but xcdroast-0.97e works. Rich Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)

Re: will mgetty block dial out??

2000-01-17 Thread linda hanigan
Hi, It might be your modem, I had trouble and blamed it on mgetty only to discover that if my computer is up and running for a few days with mgetty the modem quits working. Same computer loses the cd if it is up too long. I suspect it might be getting to hot. Linda -

Re: gtoaster

2000-01-17 Thread gpt Guillermo Pastor Torrente
Yes, but does xcdroast-0.97e support multisession ? A Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Rich Shepard va escriure: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, gpt Guillermo Pastor Torrente wrote: > > > I'm having SCSI error (CHECK ERROR 0x2 or sth like that) when trying to > > generate multisession CD > > No, but xcdroast-0.97e

Is there a Linux version of AOL Instant messenger??

2000-01-17 Thread Steve
Does anyone know?? TIA Steve -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: RH 5.0 and 5.2 and 486's

2000-01-17 Thread sparsi
That's a good Y3K trick ! Here in the US, 03/01/2000 would be March 1, 2000 ( Let's see, we're still in January on Earth I think) ! Well, I guess 03/01/2000 makes more sense than 01/03/2000 ( as does the Metric system - e.g. 1km=1000 m vs. 1mile=1876 yds or whatever). It would be even better for

Re: Is there a Linux version of AOL Instant messenger??

2000-01-17 Thread Duncan Hill
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Steve wrote: > Does anyone know?? There is a Java version. I haven't seen any native linux versions, other than the clones listed on Freshmeat. -- Duncan Hill Sapere aude One net to rule them all, One net to find them, One net to bring them all, and u

making a utility disk

2000-01-17 Thread Ryan Marinoff
Is there a way I can create a diskette that has a core linux and a few linux tools like fdisk and so forth? And if so, how would I create this diskette? -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

FAT & Linux

2000-01-17 Thread Virgil Hammontree
I have been unable to persuade Linux to "see" any FAT partition. I used all the arguments in the help documentation and followed all the suggestions frokm the list. I am a new Linux user. What is going on? Help? begin:vcard n:Hammontree;Virgil x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;; version:2.1 ema

Re: Auto login and startx

2000-01-17 Thread Bret Hughes
In searching for a solution to a similar problem I ran across this thread on searching egroups. I found the solution on Dejanews. My situation: At boot, wanted to start a java app with no window manager and have it respawn if dies. kept getting the console ownership message with this inittab e

Re: FAT & Linux

2000-01-17 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
well as root do mount -t msdos /mnt/bla (where bla is the directory u want to mount the FAT drive too) /dev/hdx (where hdx is the drive the FAT is on ie: hda1, hdb2, etc) -- Michael S. Dunsavage "Linux: the operating system with a CLUE... Command Line User Environment". (seen in a posting in

RE: FAT & Linux

2000-01-17 Thread Ryan Marinoff
One thing that I made a mistake on when I first tried to create this mounting, I forgot to create the directory for the mounting. When I installed Linux, I used the disk druid to create the mount for my ms-dos partition. Well, when it booted, it did not mount correctly, gave an error. Later I fo

Re: Is there a Linux version of AOL Instant messenger??

2000-01-17 Thread tshanno
On 17 Jan, Steve wrote: > Does anyone know?? Everybuddy supports AOL IM, ICQ, and YAHOO: http://www.everybuddy.com There are many others in the gnome software map: http://www.gnome.org Tom -- Quote of the day for Monday, 17 January, 2000: "God made the world, My Lord, and looked at it, and

Re: Home networking

2000-01-17 Thread Frank Carreiro
Ovislink. They make some rather excellent hubs and NIC's. Prices are low and their products are pretty good. I'll probably purchase one of their 10/100 switches for my home network. Want something pretty serious. I believe EBC computer's sells them over the web. Go to www.ebccomputers.com

CitrixICA for linux

2000-01-17 Thread Patrick O Neil
I have two choices for accessing my university email: a web-based frontend using java to access an exchange server or my preferred method of running a Citrix ICA for linux to run a windoze session in a window to use the (ugh!) required Outlook client remotely. My question is: Is anyone else on

Re: MySql or postgresql

2000-01-17 Thread Alan Mead
At 10:52 PM 1/16/00 -0800, Rahim Valiani wrote: >I have rh 6.1. But I am not sure if there is an easy way to get mysql >functionality into my version of apache. Can I install an rpm for this? Go to the MySQL website and read the documentation. They have RPMs and tell you which you need. One of

Re: How to set color depth?

2000-01-17 Thread Jeff Smelser
Didn't know it broke. I use it here.. On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Bruce Richardson wrote: > On 13 Jan, Jeff Smelser wrote: > > Xconfigurator will let you change any of that. > > > > > > Is that utility working again? I've been using XF86Setup ever since > Xc

Mouse

2000-01-17 Thread Lee Ward
Hi. I just joined this list and I am an extreme nebie to Linux. I have Red Hat 5.2 on my computer. When installing, I installed my mouse on COM1, however, after having problems I plugged my mouse into COM2. How do I change the setting to COM2. I found it in Mandrake, but I can't find it in Red

Re: MySql or postgresql

2000-01-17 Thread Alan Mead
At 11:02 PM 1/15/00 -0600, you wrote: >anyone knows which sql database server is better? I recently printed out >the Postgresql HOWTO, but after reading its very emotional statements, I >kind of get confused. Is mySQL better? FWIW, I researched this and decided I could use whichever was easier to

Re: Is there a Linux version of AOL Instant messenger??

2000-01-17 Thread Charles Galpin
I use gaim, and like it. check freshmeat.net On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Steve wrote: > Does anyone know?? -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Is there a Linux version of AOL Instant messenger??

2000-01-17 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Steve wrote: > Does anyone know?? There is no Linux version of the official thing, but there are several workalikes using the same protocol. You'll want to have a look at gaim; it's included in the Red Hat Linux Powertools. LLaP bero -- Anyone sending unsolicited bulk ema

Re: CitrixICA for linux

2000-01-17 Thread sparsi
If I remember, this has to do with a setting on the server side ( NT running Citrix ). I don't excatly recall the solution, but they basically had to "fix" or re-install the server side. May have to do with the way NT/Citrix does things with your profile ( by default - roaming, and set to save

PPP and routing on RH machines

2000-01-17 Thread Alan Mead
I am using IP Masq as outlined in the IP Masq HOWTO. Although it used to work, now when I initiate a PPP connection with the 'defaultroutes' option I get a log message like "Not setting default route" and none of my masq'ed machines can ping the outside world. The PPP HOWTO says: "...your LAN

RH ships broken PPP dialer? I'm dumb?

2000-01-17 Thread Alan Mead
RH 6.1 on Intel. When I use the setup wizard in Gnome and then use the RH ppp dialer, pppd spews messages about "unable to find secret" all over messages. What format is correct? I have all of the following, made by various tools, in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: amead * amead *

inactive users

2000-01-17 Thread Jeff Smelser
does anyone have a script/program to logout inactive users?? Thanks -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

gpm and ppd conflict

2000-01-17 Thread Alan Mead
When I am running gpm, my ppp connections fail like the modem wasn't there. I kill gpm and all's well. This only happens in text-mode (i.e., while using Gnome the modem works fine)... does that suggest that it isn't a IRQ problem? I'm lucky(?) in that I've never had this trouble before. Anyon

RIGHT way to initiate PPP?

2000-01-17 Thread Alan Mead
Ok, last ppp message of the day, I swear. RH 6.1 on Intel. Stock install. Running IP Masq as outlined in the Masw HOWTO. What is the "right" way to start a PPP connection from the command line? The PPP Howto describes scripts which don't exist in the RH install (e.g., /etc/ppp/ppp-on) so I'm g

Memory check utility

2000-01-17 Thread David Filion
Does anyone know if there is a memory checking utility available for Linux? Something like the old Norton Diag for DOS. I installed a couple of new SIMMs and have been having memory problems ever since (problems crashing etc.). I want to find out if the problem is with the SIMMs or some other

Re: THANK YOU!! Is there a Linux version of AOL Instant messenger??

2000-01-17 Thread Steve
Gaim it is! Thanks to all! Steve On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Steve wrote: > > > Does anyone know?? > > There is no Linux version of the official thing, but there are several > workalikes using the same protocol. > You'll want to have a look at ga

Re: Mouse

2000-01-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not sure if its in 5.2, I havent used that version in a long time. But try at command line : mosueconfig Kirk >How do I change the setting to COM2. I found it in Mandrake, but I can't find it in Red Hat. >Thanks in advance. > >Lee Ward, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- > > >Get your free email from http

Re: inactive users

2000-01-17 Thread rpjday
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Jeff Smelser wrote: > does anyone have a script/program to logout inactive users?? with bash and ksh, TMOUT environment variable. rday -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Memory check utility

2000-01-17 Thread Charles Galpin
check out memtest86 http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86 On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, David Filion wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a memory checking utility available for Linux? > Something like the old Norton Diag for DOS. I installed a couple of new SIMMs > and have been having mem

Re: Home networking

2000-01-17 Thread Brandon Dorman
If all I want is file/internet/printer sharing between, "peer" computers do I need hubs? And how many? just one for all three or one for each computer? thanks. -Brandon Frank Carreiro wrote: > Ovislink. > > They make some rather excellent hubs and NIC's. Prices are low and > their products a

Re: Mouse

2000-01-17 Thread Brandon Dorman
he meant mouseconfig I'm thinking...? "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: Not sure if its in 5.2, I havent used that version in a long time. But try at command line :  mosueconfig Kirk >How do I change the setting to COM2. I found it in Mandrake, but I can't find it in Red Hat. >Thanks in advance. > >Lee

Re: Home networking

2000-01-17 Thread mwinder
I use a hub personally for my home network. You can purchase a D-Link hub 4 port hub for less than $50 and they work quite well. On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Brandon Dorman wrote: > If all I want is file/internet/printer sharing between, "peer" computers do > I need hubs? And how many? just one for a

Re: Mouse

2000-01-17 Thread Tom Gilbert
* Lee Ward ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi. I just joined this list and I am an extreme nebie to Linux. I > have Red Hat 5.2 on my computer. When installing, I installed my > mouse on COM1, however, after having problems I plugged my mouse > into COM2. How do I change the setting to COM2. I found

Re: Home networking

2000-01-17 Thread Frank Carreiro
There are other solutions out there I'm sure. The easiest is with a hub even for a "peer" network for file and print sharing. Only one hub should be needed for a network of three or four computers. If every computer has a network card installed in it you could purchase a D-Link minihub. They r

RE: Home networking

2000-01-17 Thread Chris Morton
You need a hub with as many ports as you're going to have devices on the network. 3 network devices, at least 3 ports on the hub. It's possible to connect _2_ PCs back to back with a crossover Ethernet cable. The problem is that it's usually so hard to find a store with people who know what a c